- Submitted by
- nickawbrown
- Observations date
- Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 19:00
- Location
- 50.314704° N 122.415056° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Wet
- We rode:
- Cut blocks
- Dense trees
- Open trees
- Sunny slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Sunny
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Had a nice spring romp up partway up the SE ridge of Mount Howard. Ascended to about 2000m then skied decent corn on S facing open slopes. Lots of evidence still visible of large avalanches during the atmospheric river, but we didn't see much newer avalanche activity in the area; no obvious cornice failures or natural wind slab releases. It was a very warm and sunny day.
