Wet and windy in the Telkwas

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AvCan Northwest · Jan 25, 2023 · Telkwa

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Weather
foggy, warm, wet, windy
Stayed Away
alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes
Riding Quality
Terrible
Snow Conditions
crusty, hard, heavy, wet, windAffected
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionTemp

Today we rode in the Telkwas. We had a temp of 1.8C at 1650 m. There was poor visibility, strong southwesterly winds and occasional light rain. We dug on an east facing slope at 1700 m and found 115 cm of snow. During an Extended Column Test (ECT) we had propagating results during moderate loading steps on the Dec 23rd facet/surface hoar layer. We observed no new avalanches.

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