- Submitted by
- Waterton Visitor Safety
- Observations date
- Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 18:00
- Location
- 49.046290° N 114.056530° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Open trees
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Warm
Comments
Headed up Rowe Peak to get a look solar effect today. Below 1900m was a 3cm breakable melt freeze crust from day time heating. We found 5-15 cm in sheltered areas. Variable N-E winds have created 5-30 cm windslabs in lees in the alpine. This overlies hefty melt freeze crust at all elevations, on all aspects. Top 400m was good skiing, the bottom 400m was survival skiing.
