Surprise Pass

Submitted by
julie.timmins
Observations date
Monday, April 6, 2026 at 19:00
Location
51.393540° N 116.238430° W
Reporting on
  • Snow conditions
Map for Mountain Information Network report: Surprise Pass

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
Terrible
Snow conditions were:
  • Crusty
  • Wet
We rode:
  • Alpine slopes

Information

The day was:
  • Cloudy
  • Sunny
  • Warm
Avalanche conditions
  • Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.

Comments

Wouldn’t say rapid …. -5 at start. Day time warming,.bottom of slope about 6C
From the pass easy turns on well skied top 25m. Then crust, then breakable crust then kick turn /traverse to bottleneck. Size 2.5 out of slope lookers left clogging up bottle neck.and running with to within 30m of valley Bottom. Terrible skiingbottom.
From the pass easy turns on well skied top 25m. Then crust, then breakable crust then kick turn /traverse to bottleneck. Size 2.5 out of slope lookers left clogging up bottle neck.and running with to within 30m of valley Bottom. Terrible skiingbottom.