- Submitted by
- mkbabineau
- Observations date
- Friday, March 1, 2019 at 20:45
- Location
- 52.594936° N 119.229954° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-119.22995429665951,52.594935690394124,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Allan Creek Frozen Pirate AST2")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Hard
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- Sunny slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Cut blocks
Information
- The day was:
- Cold
- Sunny
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
Travelled very deep into the zone today. We noted that all aspects in alpine were wind affected in all directions. We dug a test profile at 2300 meters at a sheltered 27 degree North aspect, we were surprised to find the surface hoar layer of 58cm. testing showed repeated sudden collapsed results including full propagation of our extended column test. After testing, we were unable to cause a failure with our snowmobile directly above our test pit. We pushed into large terrain today, and saw zero recent avalanche activity.
