- Submitted by
- Tony Byrnesio
- Observations date
- Saturday, February 18, 2017 at 17:32
- Location
- 49.342560° N 114.457720° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Terrible
- Snow conditions were:
- Hard
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
Comments
Extremely hard snow from the valley to as high as we dared climb. I got to a point where my skins on my split board weren't gripping anymore and if you fell you would slide till you would hit or grab a tree. It's going to be interesting how the new snow bonds to this layer.
