- Submitted by
- Alex Grierson
- Observations date
- Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 20:00
- Location
- 50.442350° N 115.776600° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Sunny
Comments
Skied Pedley Pass today. It appeared that recent winds were extreme from the northwest as windward slopes were absolutely blasted. Fortunately, skiing in sheltered trees was excellent with ~15cm of new snow on the drought layer. I dug a full profile (see photo), mostly for practice but also to investigate a less familiar snowpack. This showed nothing alarming, however there was a large surface hoar layer beneath the storm snow which could be a problem with additional load. We also observed surface hoar growth all aspects and elevations to size 10. There were numerous naturals to at least size 2 from SE aspects in the alpine which appeared to be from the recent storm/wind (see photo).
