- Submitted by
- Steve 'Reidles' Reid
- Observations date
- Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at 18:00
- Location
- 59.759000° N 135.010000° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Dense trees
- Open trees
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Sunny
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Strong winds redistributing the 14cm of new snow. Widespread wind affect in alpine. Scouring to ground in places, and building touchy windslab. This windslab is VERY hard and dense in places, easily triggers and would spoil your day. Crossloading very evident, be wary of rapid transitions from light snow to hard slab. Widespread whumpfing at treeline. Shooting cracks extend 20+ m from skis. Ski testing easily produced sz 1 activity, and one remote sz 1. Natural avalanches observed in rocky South start zones, and one in NE start zone. Temps stayed positive all day, leading to moistening snow and lots of adhesion to skins. Good turns to be had below treeline in particular 'Kylie's Trees', less so in 'Francois' Meadows'.
