- Submitted by
- Julie-Ann Chapman
- Observations date
- Friday, March 20, 2020 at 19:00
- Location
- 49.609560° N 117.224980° 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
- Wet
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- Steep slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Sunny
- Warm
- Wet
- Avalanche conditions
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
It was obvious the snow has gone through many melt freeze cycles over the past week. I witnessed lots of sloughing (sz 1-1.5) on steep sun exposed slopes, even the north facing aspects in the morning.
