- Submitted by
- lucasmatt
- Observations date
- Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 21:37
- Location
- 54.454480° N 128.950470° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
Remote skier accidental size 2 on a NE facing slope at 1150m across the Shames River in the Zola Bowl area. Two compression tests gave no results slightly below the startzone where the surface snow made for very good powder skiing. Snow at startzone was wind slab. Crown was 50cm deep and 100m long with some sections of crown being in very gentle terrain. Avalanche ran on the 161225 surface hoar layer. There was no skier involvement.
