- Submitted by
- falzs
- Observations date
- Wednesday, December 24, 2025 at 18:00
- Location
- 49.609431° N 115.464014° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Terrible
- Snow conditions were:
- Heavy
- Wet
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Cut blocks
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Warm
- Wet
- Avalanche conditions
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
5 cm new snow which was moist at 1925m. Felt like it was warming fairly rapidly. Thought we heard a distant natural avalanche. We decided to turn around and went home. Trail breaking was arduous as even with globstopper as snow very sticky!
