- Submitted by
- Abby Cooper
- Observations date
- Friday, January 3, 2020 at 17:00
- Location
- 50.185983° N 123.252532° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- Heavy
- Wet
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Cut blocks
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Stormy
- Warm
- Wet
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Everything in sight slid on all aspects. Storm snow sliding 45cm deep and propagating as wide as terrain allowed. Every pocket in even thick trees slide. Couldn’t see alpine but could see debris that had come down from above tree line.
Dug a little on Friday, see snow profile report for details.
We only walked around on Saturday - too dangerous to move on any slope. Friday we made very conservative choices and got a small safe lap in before the storm hit.
