Boom Mountain

Quick report

jake.finnan · Feb 26, 2022 · Glacier

View on map

Quick report

Weather
cold, sunny, warm, windy
Ride Type
alpineSlopes, openTrees, steepSlopes, sunnySlopes
Riding Quality
Good
Snow Conditions
crusty, heavy, powder, wet
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSound

Boom Mountain. A cold start at -23c, warming to -7c at the summit, minor temperature inversion. Winds picked up in the afternoon. Mostly sunny. Found ~15cm of newer mostly powder snow atop the old concrete layer, seemed to be bonding well to it. Found some isolated windslabs (5-15cm thick) on the way up near treeline with minor cracking and a whumpf, sitting atop unconsolidated snow it didn't give me too much concern. The solar input was getting pretty high later in the afternoon with wet surface on S slopes. I noticed a new size 2 avalanche in one of the slide paths that appeared to be skier triggered, hope everyone is OK

24 photos