Dogleg
bdpiche,
Thursday 23rd December, 2021 1:45PM
<p>Surprisingly low wind pretty well all day during very heavy snow. . 2-3 cm an hour from 9 am to 2 pm. Forecast seemed pretty bang on as windslab really noticeable at treeline and transition into alpine. Windslab was rock hard and appeared to have a slight facet over top that was causing some sluffing. By end of day it felt pretty close to threshold for storm snow on this layer, and we pulled a 0.5 storm slab that slid on the wind slab but didn’t propagate. Intense wind from Kent Ridge and back on Hwy 40, near whiteout conditions. Suspect if this works its way into Spray valley it’ll be pretty spicy. </p>
Terrain Ridden
Mellow slopes, Open trees.
Terrain Avoided
Alpine slopes, Convex slopes.
Snow Conditions
Deep powder, Wind affected.
Weather Conditions
Stormy, Wet.
Location: 50.72090675 -115.23836472