- Submitted by
- elenabruns
- Observations date
- Friday, January 9, 2026 at 19:30
- Location
- 50.954620° N 118.274960° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Amazing
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
Comments
Dug a quick pit and noted a planar fracture at CTM 11 down 35cm. The snow above 35 cm is still very unconsolidated. Assuming this layer is the Jan surface hoar but weren't able to visualize surface hoar on the crystal screen. We planned to ski mellow slopes below burnt knob and stuck to this plan. Did not see any cracking or slab properties developing in our area. Very light fluffy pow.
