- Submitted by
- Nick Verlaan
- Observations date
- Saturday, December 12, 2020 at 19:00
- Location
- 51.468329° N 116.409768° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
Information
- The day was:
- Cold
- Sunny
- Warm
Comments
Attempted to ski Phantom today. Turned around after observing wind triggered point releases funnelling down the terrain around it, and one sz 1 inside of it. Ridge top winds looked strong.
On the benches the snow was supportive on top of the Dec. 8th layer, no signs of instability noted. Surface hoar was growing up to 1800m in the trees. And sun exposed slopes were heating up in the AM and forming a slight crust on anything over 30°.
In the morning and in the shade it was quite cold (-25 in the morning) however solar input was quite high during the late morning as it reached the benches.