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Avalanche

Matt Stelmaschuk · Oct 26, 2019 · Chic-Choc Mountains

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Quick report

Weather
cloudy, sunny
Ride Type
mellowSlopes, steepSlopes, sunnySlopes
Riding Quality
OK
Snow Conditions
crusty, windAffected, powder

Skis on above 1400m. Rained to mountain top in the area during the previous storm. Temps cooled off in the latter part of the storm (Oct. 25th) creating a 5cm thick melt-freeze crust with 10cm of dry snow on top. This crust caps 30cm of moist snow. Add the previous strong winds and the snow depth at treeline is 45-80cm. Ski conditions were good to terrible over the variable snow cover. Lots of steep, shiny slopes out there.

Avalanche

Loose wet activity out of steeps up to size 1.5