What the hellie
Quick reportjaredliimu · Mar 11, 2026 · Kokanee
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, stormy
- Ride Type
- steepSlopes, convexSlopes, openTrees, alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder, windAffected, hard, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow
- 25-45cm of fisting blower on nearly impenetrable crust. - S2-S3 from 930 am til we left at 430. - Skied as high as ~2150m, crust was strong all the way up. - Mod wind at ridge crests, did not get to proper ridge top to feel the full power. - sluffing in steep terrain
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedModerate
- Blowing Snow
- light
- Sky Condition
- fog
- Snowfall Rate
- 3
- Wind Direction
- W
- New Snow24 Hours
- 25
- Storm Snow Amount
- 45
- Precipitation Type
- snow
S2-S3 (skin track had ~10 cm covering it on second lap after we joined it after 2.5-3 hr). Didnt really get to proper ridge top to feel wind, drifts up to thigh deep on ridge crests at ~2100m. Snow all the way to VB.
Avalanche
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Avalanche Character
- looseDry
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- btl, tln
F- blower sluffing in steep terrain, on bullet proof crust. Other than small soft (4F-1F) wind slabs, the only movement we saw was sluff in steep terrain.