Still chasin' waterfalls

Quick report

AvCan Northwest · Dec 21, 2023 · Shames

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Quick report

Weather
cloudy, foggy, stormy, warm, wet
Ride Type
denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees
Stayed Away
alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes
Riding Quality
ok
Snow Conditions
powder, wet
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionTemp

High avalanche hazard and stormy weather kept our trip plan conservative in the Anderson area today. The best powder was above 1000m, with ski quality deteriorating rapidly below that. It was raining around 750m making the snow pretty wet below that. We dug a quick pit at 1000m and found a snowpack height of 140cm. The weak layer of surface hoar we have been tracking was buried 40cm deep.