- Submitted by
- tjmccoll
- Observations date
- Sunday, January 7, 2018 at 18:25
- Location
- 50.083940° N 122.865987° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Mellow slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cold
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
Comments
We skied north/northwest aspects. During our skin up there were a few instances that the snow broke apart in slabs at switchbacks. On our second run we approached a convex roll, performed a slope-cut, and a slab avalanche was triggered (see image, avalanche occurred at circle). The slab avalanche fractured approximately 80 meters across and was size 1
