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Not so powder cowboy

Published
Mar 20th, 2019 12:00 PM
southrockies
Northwest Coastal
Details

Type

quick

Coordinates

49.490440, -115.235620

Quick Observation

Info gathering at powder cowboy. Looking for evidence of wet slabs and loose wet avalanches stepping down. We saw wide spread evidence of loose wet avalanches some sliding on the ground from the previous days critical warming events. We avoided sledding in or travelling through or underneath sunny slopes. We measured snow temps on different aspects 10cm down and found that the best sledding and lowest avalanche hazard areas were on the north facing slopes due to the colder snow pack temperatures. We finished our day a little earlier then normal to avoid the heat of the day when avalanche hazard was at its highest.