The truck got stuck...
Snowpacknorthwind.avalanche · Jan 27, 2019 · White Pass West
Quick report
- Weather
- stormy, warm, cloudy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- Amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSound
Spent most of the day on sleds near Bryant lake and also buzzed over to meadows west of log cabin. Tons of new snow, 30-40cm since midnight Friday. Heavy down low but drier above 950m. Poor vis restricted observations but we were starting to see shooting cracks in the storm snow by mid afternoon. Periodic moderate north wind, so expect some wind slabs formed today.
Weather
Wind was on and off, on average light north with a few periods of moderate north
Snowpack
New snow was not reactive to slashing pow turns on small convex rolls, but we did observe shooting cracks in isolated locations later in the afternoon