- Submitted by
- npin
- Observations date
- Monday, April 6, 2026 at 18:00
- Location
- 50.450000° N 116.518800° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Powder
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Mellow slopes
- Steep slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Sunny slopes
Information
- Avalanche conditions
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Spent 2 nights camping below the Commander glacier over Easter weekend. Lots of evidence of the large avalanche cycle that occurred in late March on all aspects. Numerous wet loose avalanches observed on South facing terrain in the afternoon, some gouging to ground. Below 2000m, snow was moist/wet in the afternoon on all aspects. Settled, dry pow on NW through E facing terrain above 2200m. We skied on Commander Glacier below the Cleaver, and skied from the North summit of Commander (NE face). Snow depth >3m everywhere we probed on Commander glacier. Coverage on Jumbo mountain is poor - hard windslab and bare glacier ice/rime on ice. Karnak looks in great shape.
