- Submitted by
- shawnnydegger
- Observations date
- Monday, January 15, 2018 at 03:55
- Location
- 54.095368° N 121.364317° 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:
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Sunny
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Interesting day in the McGregors. -7° at the car but +2° at and above 1200m. Skiing was pretty bad with a decent crust and melting snow. Turned to pow below 1000m. No signs of instability today, but did come across an avi on North exposure. Size 1-2ish. Appears to have been triggered by yesterday's snow sluffing off cliffs. Mostly only ran in the fresh 5-10 cm of snow that fell within the last few days. Scoured a bit of the snow beneath but didn't trigger a step down. Despite the temperatures spike the snowpack seemed pretty stable.