- Submitted by
- gerry_vdk
- Observations date
- Friday, January 5, 2018 at 17:20
- Location
- 55.036360° N 127.074459° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Foggy
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Overnight Jan 4-5 significant rain crust formed. Chunks of ice flying up when hittting softer snow with snowmobile. Freezing rain also crusting in Bulkley Valley at same time. Feeling concerned that this was widespread. I don’t see this info in the report for this area for Jan. 6.