North Bowl

Charlie Bourque, Saturday 8th February, 2025 10:38PM

<p>No slab was observed throughout the day in the backcountry at shames. A quick compression test show a weakness between yesterday new snow and the storm from the weekend (about 20cm of new snow over 40cm from the weekend) and a weakness over the rain freeze crust. The snow had a thin crust at elevation 900m+, and become wet below 900m. There was no wind in the alpine today.</p>

Terrain Ridden

Alpine slopes.

Terrain Avoided

Sunny slopes, Convex slopes.

Avalanche Conditions

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

30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.

Snow Conditions

Crusty, Powder.

Weather Conditions

Warm, Sunny.

Location: 54.50449000 -128.94669000