Rainbow Peak- 19 miles creek Valley

etiennerrr, Wednesday 23rd October, 2024 9:32PM

<p>Helidrop from Rainbow summit, transit trough the south-east ridge until we could ride into the north side of the ridge. On top, snow crust, wind+sun affected. N-NE facing slopes had good snow quality (15cm powder). E facing slopes sun affected with crusty powder. 1 size 1.5 slab seen on top of the ridge: natural/cornice triggered more likely. Snow heavy/wet under 1500m even on N aspects.</p>

Terrain Ridden

Alpine slopes, Convex slopes.

Terrain Avoided

Steep slopes, Sunny slopes.

Avalanche Conditions

Slab avalanches today or yesterday.

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

Snow Conditions

Crusty, Powder, Wet.

Weather Conditions

Sunny, Warm.

Location: 50.17158000 -123.02418000