- Submitted by
- northwind.avalanche
- Observations date
- Sunday, November 13, 2016 at 03:51
- Location
- 59.935000° N 134.845000° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Heavy
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Warm
- Wet
- Avalanche conditions
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
Early season boot up Powder Valley brought some surprises: Approx 70cm moist unconsolidated snow beginning around 1100m elevation along the road to Paddy's led to some challenging sledding. Low overcast led us to the valley running north from the core boxes, where we skinned to 1500m and got some good turns in sheltered areas. Of note was a thick soft slab (~25cm) between about 1200-1400m that was very reactive. Getting up to treeline the wind was the big factor with some moderate hard wind slabs.