- Submitted by
- mark
- Observations date
- Monday, February 13, 2017 at 21:15
- Location
- 49.095750° N 117.057980° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-117.05798,49.09575,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Wolf Peak, Kootenay Pass")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Hard
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Sunny
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
At 2:12PM, we were witness to a class 3 on Wolf Peak's S.W. ridge. Viewed safely from across the valley on top of Buzz Ridge. Solar warming activated a persistent slab 50 to 70cm down giving us a good show. 120M across. Start zone was approximately 2000M running to valley bottom around 1700M into the power line. There was a step-down to ground about half way. Check out the photo.
