- Submitted by
- etiennegros
- Observations date
- Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 23:23
- Location
- 59.604320° N 135.101040° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Amazing
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
- Cut blocks
- Steep slopes
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Stormy
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
About 30-40 cm of fresh snow. Temp from -16 to -2 in 24h. Strong wind gust shifting from north Friday night to south Saturday. No sign of natural avalanches. very bad visibility. If steep enough, we notice that the new snow slide easily on the old wind affect storm layer.
