- Submitted by
- Tanner Ross
- Observations date
- Saturday, February 15, 2020 at 22:56
- Location
- 53.519139° N 120.024970° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
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Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Amazing
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Stormy
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
Comments
While traveling up to the alpine confirmed there was 100+cm of new fist dense storm snow
Cut 2 small convex rolls with no results.
Completed test profile at 2000 meters in a sheltered low angle south facing area.
Snowpack depth was full probe plus arm (355cm)
Boot penetration was 75 cm
Snowpack test results:
Repeated moderate compression test results Down 50cm on a Preserved surface hoar layer w/ full propagation on extended column test.
Conditions were certified epic!!

