- Submitted by
- dirtrider121
- Observations date
- Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at 19:35
- Location
- 51.737712° N 116.474411° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Heavy
- Powder
- Wet
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Sunny
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Went out to observation sub peak glades today, good snow below tree line. Above tree line was getting heavy/warm, saw pinwheels on some steep alpine faces. Dug a quick pit, compression test showed sudden fracture on nov crust at moderate to hard Snow depth was about 80-90cm below treeline
