- Submitted by
- Todd James
- Observations date
- Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 21:00
- Location
- 54.844397° N 127.802925° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Hard
- Powder
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cold
- Sunny
- Windy
Comments
Roughly 160m snowpack in mid-elevation of northbowl with increasing density in the middle snowpack. Quick pit: New snow averaged between 10-20cm (blower pow!). Below storm snow saw 4finger 10cm-30cm; 30cm-70cm down saw 1finger rounding-facets; 70cm+ back to 4finger facets. We were most concerned about the immediate leeward terrain due to wind loading, and skied protected features given uncertainty in the deeper instabilities (November crust/facet combo near the base of the snowpack). Lots of scouring on windward faces, sweet cold smoke in protected features
