Birken

SkiVM, Sunday 27th March, 2022 12:20AM

<p>Mix of crust and saturated wet snow on the ascent up until ~1,500m when it started being noticeably drier and powdery but still somewhat wet. Frost line clearly rose throughout the day as the sticky wet snow was found at ~1,800m on the descent. </p>

Weather Report

<p>Saw a lot of drifting snow periodically overtop ridge crests. Snow seemed facet-y as it did not settle but mostly slid on the crust layers before settling on shallower (~25-30°) aspects. No significant wind slab was found anywhere even at the top of a steep N couloir.</p>

Terrain Ridden

Alpine slopes, Dense trees, Steep slopes.

Avalanche Conditions

Rapid temperature rise to near zero degrees or wet surface snow.

Snow Conditions

Crusty, Heavy, Powder, Wet.

Weather Conditions

Cloudy, Foggy, Warm.

Location: 50.48644958 -122.58971709