- Submitted by
- Kootenay Backcountry Guides
- Observations date
- Monday, January 9, 2017 at 03:11
- Location
- 49.463558° N 117.172399° 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:
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Cold
- Foggy
- Sunny
Comments
We dug a profile on an easy aspect at 1700m. The snowpack is generally faceted and getting weaker by the day. We did an ect and had an ectn moderate down 37cm. We had a hard sudden planer compression test result down 60cm. In facets over the Dec 20th rain crust.