Nak Bowl

Avalanche

FREEZENATOR · Nov 21, 2020 · Cariboos

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Quick report

Weather
warm, sunny
Ride Type
mellowSlopes, sunnySlopes, openTrees
Stayed Away
steepSlopes
Riding Quality
OK
Snow Conditions
crusty, windAffected, powder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSlab

Good coverage for early season and relatively short lived alder bashing off of the pipeline. HS ranging from 110-170 at 1500-1900m. Up to 220 in immediate lee. Open TL has 1-5cm windskin, with pockets of isolated windslab on some features. Ended the day on grabby 3cm sun crust on south asp. Good snow preserved in trees.

Snowpack

Nov 18 MFcr down 50-70 in most spots at TL Test pit dug at 1800m, East facing. Several resistant results but mostly non-planar breaks down 40 on 4F DF. Snow bonded well to 3cm MF crust down 70.

Avalanche

See picture. Also some pinwheeling off of S facing cliffs in pm.