- Submitted by
- spenser.olson
- Observations date
- Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 19:00
- Location
- 49.466160° N 114.914890° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- 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.
Comments
North facing slope 30+cm fresh storm snow on hard/old layer. Traveling along a logging road across a treed slope, the embankment of the road and and 2m above the bank was remote triggered 2-3m ahead of the snowmobile and carried along the enbankment for 100m.
