- Submitted by
- v.hourihane
- Observations date
- Saturday, February 23, 2019 at 22:00
- Location
- 50.028550° N 123.256510° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
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Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cold
- Stormy
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
1-5cm fresh snow on Saturday on top of breakable (solar?) crust (on SW slopes). Another buried crust layer ~50cm down, with powder filling between. Hollow, drum-like sounds, and a few shooting cracks. Wind increased later in the day, with windslabs forming on surface layer mid-late afternoon. Dug a few quick pits and snowpack was failing easily on the buried layer (clean sheer on isolated column with one tap). The only sign of recent avalanches was on east-facing 40+ degree slope as we crossed the swampy area soon after the summer parking lot.
Snow quality at TL and BTL was excellent.