- Submitted by
- horton.simon
- Observations date
- Friday, February 10, 2017 at 19:00
- Location
- 49.699720° N 116.049540° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- We rode:
- Cut blocks
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
We found 60 cm of recent snow sitting above preserved surface hoar just outside Kimberly resort. Underneath the surface hoar the snow was soft facets, making it possible to step all the way to ground when you take off your skies (up to your chest). We didn't get an ECT result on the surface hoar, probably because the snow was so soft all the way down, but that'd probably change in wind affected terrain or with more warming. We also saw debris from a size 3 avalanche that ran about 1000 vertical metres a few days ago and buried the Meachem logging road with about 2 m of debris and small trees.
