- Submitted by
- Yukon Field Team
- Observations date
- Friday, January 8, 2021 at 20:03
- Location
- 59.730250° N 135.029230° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Hard
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Convex slopes
- Mellow slopes
- Steep slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
Comments
Significant wind from the north last night has created very firm or slabby snow in all open treeline and alpine features in White Pass. We dug in a wind loaded lee feature with a 45cm thick wind slab and our result showed this slab had the potential to propagate and produce an avalanche if triggered. The best riding was in sheltered areas such as lower tree line glades and low angle alpine gullies.