- Submitted by
- bross_mmkay
- Observations date
- Friday, March 8, 2019 at 22:00
- Location
- 49.566080° N 115.190430° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Powder
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Sunny
Comments
Some new snow yesterday ~5cm, sw winds making slabs near ridges, temps from 0 to -4. Creamy powder on northern aspects and sun crust on solar aspects. Pit at 1950m, SE aspect, HS195cm, CTE7 (SP)down 25, ECTN15 down 25cm on ?. CTH32 (SP) Down 85 onSH, ECTP36 down 85 on SH.
Sudden Planar fracture characteristic down 85cm with propagating tendency was a red alarm but its very stubborn and essentially reacted post test. Finally found the surface hoar but its bonding better possibly rounding out a bit. Low probability, high consequence? Skiing was great