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Dec 20th, 2025 12:00 PM
yellowheadguides
Pine Pass
Details
Type
quick
Coordinates
55.260450, -122.714880
Quick Observation
Skiing near the Pine Pass yesterday we found variable snow cover sitting atop the recent rain crust. This crust was present from highway elevation up to our high point of 1500m, was generally 2cm in thickness and supportive to our weight.
Recent N winds have scoured the snow down to the crust in certain locations and created wind pillows everywhere making for difficult track setting and unpredictable skiing due to varying storm snow depths (0-60cm).
Avalanche Information
Several wind slab releases
Weather
-23 in the AM at the highway. -15 mid day at 1300m.
Snowpack
Isolated cracking on steep, convex wind-loaded features at BTL and treeline elevations. Storm snow settling quickly. Hand shears suggest new snow is bonded to rain crust.
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