- Submitted by
- fjkinnear
- Observations date
- Sunday, February 26, 2017 at 00:26
- Location
- 51.312616° N 117.563066° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Terrible
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Mellow slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Cold
- Windy
Comments
Tried to get up Ursus Minor, turned around after we found wind slabs on the steep slope short of the col. Dug a pit and had a failure CT12 25cms down, but very variable across the slope. The ski quality was terrible in the alpine with lots of wind affected crusty snow, but excellent at treeline and below treeline with some fresh snow blown in. We ended up doing two laps of Ursus trees instead. Pretty cold up high, moderate temps down in the trees.