- Submitted by
- omannorquay
- Observations date
- Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at 03:12
- Location
- 50.789519° N 115.354068° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- Sunny slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Sunny
Comments
Observed 2 older slab avalanches, suspect from the last weeks warm temps. Size 2 NE bowl of Birdwood and size 2.5 in bowl north of the Smuts/Fist col(photo). The one off Smuts/Fist was likely triggered by cornice and stepped down to ground with approx 2m crown. Dug a pit on SE aspect 26 degree planar slope 2350m. HS 160cm, surface Hoar up to 10mm, buried wind slabs between 25-65cm sitting on facets CTH 65 RP and BRK.
