- Submitted by
- brenthhenderson
- Observations date
- Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 18:30
- Location
- 50.080861° N 122.842349° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Powder
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cold
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
Comments
10-12cms of soft slab on top of melt freeze layer at Chute entrance. We planned 3 progressive ski cuts but the whole Chute sluffed on the first high cut. Avy did not step down. Deposit was about 50-80cms deep (all soft slab/sluff). No involvements.
