- Submitted by
- chataway.mike
- Observations date
- Sunday, March 25, 2018 at 23:57
- Location
- 54.502678° N 128.956001° 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:
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Stormy
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
Comments
Was looking to drop in above tree chutes, dug a pit on West aspect, 22deg slope, 250 cm snowpack, 15 to 20 cm fresh snow, compression test with sudden failure down 35cm on a crust within the dense slab. The slab was over 1m thk. Three tests in same pit with same result within first 3 to 5 taps. Backed down and rode closer to trees around 3rd knoll.