- Submitted by
- Michael O'Farrell
- Observations date
- Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:25
- Location
- 51.196831° N 117.782486° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Heavy
- Powder
- Wet
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Went exploring up Corbin Pass to see how the new snow was settling. Very wet and heavy snow most of the way up until ~2,000m. Signs of instability on the way up on convex features. Lots of tree bombs and pinwheeling.
Stayed in the trees on the upper portion. A lot of reactivity and sloughing. Skied the bottom portion in the open area skiers left close to the trees. No issues. Saw old debris (probably yesterday) at the bottom of one of the slide paths.
