- Submitted by
- jcinthemts
- Observations date
- Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 19:00
- Location
- 49.460530° N 114.707790° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Heavy
- Powder
- Wet
- We rode:
- Convex slopes
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Warm
- Wet
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
It was ALMOST good riding, but freezing levels crept up to 2200m in the Corbin area and the snow got pretty heavy so it was kind of meh. We noticed/heard extensive loose moist avalanche activity to size 1.5 from most aspects in the alpine. Cornices are still big, no surprise there, we stayed well away from them. We thought when it cleared a bit in the afternoon we may get a chance to see one drop...but it didn't happen while we ate our lunch. The upper snowpack at treeline has numerous supportive crusts that seem to be holding things together for now. Below treeline terrain is losing strength but is not yet isothermal in most places.
