- Submitted by
- horton.simon
- Observations date
- Wednesday, November 23, 2016
- Location
- 51.342000° N 117.531000° 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
- Wet
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Dense trees
- Steep slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Sunny
- Avalanche conditions
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Morning sun formed moist surface snow up to 2000m and thin sun crusts on steep south-facing alpine slopes. A few small loose avalanches out of steep south-facing cliffs and widespread pinwheeling. Skinning up possible from parking lot, but took off skis during decent at 1650m.