- Submitted by
- Tanner Rodgers
- Observations date
- Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 21:30
- Location
- 49.037398° N 113.856886° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Heavy
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
Information
- The day was:
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
Comments
Toured up to Vimy Peak. Crossed the foot of middle Waterton Lake and skinned up to tree line where the snow was mostly blown away. Boot packed 40 mins to the summit, temps were about -3 or so with 10-15km/h winds.
Riding was wind affected and crusty up higher and then the gully feature on the way down was pretty heavy and didn’t ride well. Surprisingly little snowpack compared to other years in that area. We were able to skin back most of the way to the vehicles.
