- Submitted by
- m_ruta
- Observations date
- Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at 01:37
- Location
- 51.308440° N 117.106870° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Hard
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Sunny
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
Comments
Good skiing on SE aspects, mediocre skiing on S aspects and V. poor skiing indeed on N aspects in the KH slack today. Lots of wind slab in the alpine, which is overlying facets and little else in rocky areas at ridgetop. Ski cut a sz. 1 pocket of soft slab in an opening just below treeline on a small east facing convex roll on my way out at the end of the day.