South Valemount skiing

Submitted by
ngsmcgill343
Observations date
Friday, March 27, 2026 at 19:00
Location
52.811121° N 119.270167° W
Reporting on
  • Snow conditions
Map for Mountain Information Network report: South Valemount skiing

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
Good
Snow conditions were:
  • Powder
We rode:
  • Open trees
  • Steep slopes

Information

Avalanche conditions
  • Slab avalanches today or yesterday.

Comments

We skied in avalanche paths from the top and did not find any wind slab, there was a failure plane about 5-10cm above the crust however it was very stubborn and we did not get any cracking on steep slopes, the snow was becoming sun affected.

A small sun crust was present. We skied East/ENE facing terrain, crust was present to 2100M above 1900M it became easy ish to break through with pole probes. Snow was not wind affected at all and PP was still the surface form until ridge crest. The alpine slopes above looked very loaded

See photos for large suspect Persistent Slab in surrounding BC, and there were a few storm slab/Wind slabs as well.

Line drawn above crown. Crown estimated to be 100+cm thick on lockers left, and propagates across central rib into a more windslab looking crown but the entire face failed. Could not see debris expected to be size 3-3.5
Line drawn above crown. Crown estimated to be 100+cm thick on lockers left, and propagates across central rib into a more windslab looking crown but the entire face failed. Could not see debris expected to be size 3-3.5
Suspected wind slab, could not see debris, estimated size 2-2.5
Suspected wind slab, could not see debris, estimated size 2-2.5
Thin windslab on what looks like lower angle slope
Thin windslab on what looks like lower angle slope
Same photo without the line drawn above the crown
Same photo without the line drawn above the crown