Creamy Creamy Log Cabin

Snowpack

martinrichard9 · Mar 17, 2019 · Vancouver Island

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Quick report

Weather
wet, stormy, windy, warm, cloudy
Ride Type
alpineSlopes, denseTrees, openTrees
Stayed Away
steepSlopes, convexSlopes
Riding Quality
Good
Snow Conditions
heavy, powder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionTemp

The day was warm and cloudy but the visibility was good. There was new snow (10-15cm). The snow was very sticky and wet but the traveling was not bad. We didn't experienced signs of instability but we saw an 1 or 2 days old avalanche debris in the gully right next to the one we skied (see photo 3 & 4). Red lines in the photo shows the crowns. According to the debris and the crowns (we were at 50m of the crowns) it was a size 2.5. Skiing was good and creamy!!! We skied the North aspect at 1300m. 10am: no wind. Noon: calm wind 14:30: Moderate wind with snowfall (raining at road level) Here some data about our test: HS:205cm ECTN19 RP (Resistant Planar) down 20cm CTM18 down 10cm CTH20 down 20cm I didn't have my thermometer with me.