Secret Oasis in the Caribous
Quick reportFrozen Pirate · Mar 2, 2020 · Kootenay Boundary
Quick report
- Weather
- windy, warm, foggy, cloudy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, denseTrees, convexSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- Good
- Snow Conditions
- wet, windAffected, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab
Quick trip into the area today for some access route insp, a little playing, a little snow stuff. Warm and wet below 1300m. Very little true alp obs due to weather and limited visibility. Windslab in open lee and ridgetop. Feb 22 SH -50cms at 2000m sheltered treeline. Low end of moderate CT and ECT results on Surface Hoar 5-15mm. No other instabilities noted noted below. Alpine temp -3 at 1300hrs.