Big white Backcountry
Snowpackkykliss · Nov 14, 2020 · North Rockies
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, cloudy, sunny
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, steepSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- Amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder, windAffected, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound
Strange day. At and below 2050m the snow was extremely reactive but above that elevation and in wind affected areas the snow was non-reactive and skiable. Smart terrain choices were critical and we dug 3 different pits for observation.
Snowpack
CTE 1 SP 70 cm down on facets. The new snow is not binding well to the lower layers at tree line and below. On the way up in dense flat trees we witnessed around 30 different whumpfs. Once we reached treeline the whumpfs disappeared. Two highly different snowpacks between below treeline and above treeline.
Avalanche
We observed a 1.5 triggered before we arrived to the area that triggered on the convexity near a creek.