- Submitted by
- Johnnie Balfour
- Observations date
- Wednesday, January 31, 2024 at 18:05
- Location
- 50.907827° N 119.916800° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Heavy
- Wet
- We rode:
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Foggy
- Warm
- Wet
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
22 degree slope
6 degree temperature
35kmh SE winds
125cm snowpack
Snow temps remained at 0 all the way to the ground
Ice layer at 55cm - 3cm thick
Ice layer at 40cm - 5cm thick
25cm to ground - facet layer
ECT of 30, column held strong however during a breakaway test the entire 125cm column slid all the way to ground
