- Submitted by
- wardsbd
- Observations date
- Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at 21:00
- Location
- 49.564047° N 121.139042° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-121.13904163879405,49.56404682823151,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Needle")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Amazing
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- Heavy
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Foggy
- Stormy
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
About 10 cm new overnight. Observed that a size 2 Na storm slab released on the south aspect of yak peak from the morning sun, Mid slope in the rock slab area. We skied up needle- Flatiron col started snowing S2 to S3 all day. Lots of wind building wind slabs in the alpine. Snow was light and dry till 330 pm when the sun came out and it started green housing and made the snow heavy. Observed numerous dry loose out of extreme AL terrain from the afternoon sun to size 1. Had some sloughing in the storm snow on 40 d degree slopes in the trees.
