- Submitted by
- tanellesmith08
- Observations date
- Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at 22:00
- Location
- 49.378690° N 119.887670° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Cut blocks
- Mellow slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Sunny
- Avalanche conditions
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
Went exploring on less than 25 degree slopes to check out conditions. In cutblocks the snow was wind affected and had multiple whumphs observed. Observed moderate shooting cracks; after the largest whumph, the slab cracked on either side of anchoring trees above us. Cracks were about 1 metre long. Avoided all avalanche terrain. Whumphs observed at 1600 metres and observed on northeast aspect on a cutblock