- Submitted by
- ericallum
- Observations date
- Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 23:00
- Location
- 49.955113° N 123.199369° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Terrible
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Heavy
- Wet
- We rode:
- Cut blocks
- Mellow slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Stormy
- 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.
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Skinned up the NE aspect of cloudburst from Chance Creek to a cut block at 850m. Weather stormy, strong winds, 35cm of storm slab on top of 5cm of rain crust on top of faceted snow. Mashed potatoes on top of a dinner plate on top of ball bearings. Rain crust was difficult to break through but there was propagation within layers of the storm slab. Shooting cracks were visible during the skin up. Size 1 avalanche observed on steeper slope, crown wall approx 20cm.
