- Submitted by
- daniel.piccininni
- Observations date
- Saturday, February 13, 2021 at 22:00
- Location
- 49.600866° N 121.090422° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-121.0904218571325,49.60086602064595,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Nak shoulder")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Stormy
- Avalanche conditions
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
Highly Variable pockets of wind slab and new snow on old wind slab from 1200 to 1600 m. Above 1600 m very wind affected. Occasional Shooting cracks up to ski length on some wind loaded micro features.
In some areas there were 3 layers of windslab, that separated easily from each other and slid easily in shovel shear and hand shear tests. Top 2 windslab layers were each 5-15cm thick. Bottom layer was 15 to 40 cm thick.
Great powder in sheltered areas, with a fair amount of sluffing on steeper features. Surprise buried windslabs (sometimes breakable) kept you alert.
Released a small size 1 windslab on a small SE feature in the trees just above the pipeline. Skier who triggered didn’t realize it had been released.
