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Sun Burns & Corn Turns

Soumis par
AvCan Vancouver Island
Date d'observation
vendredi 4 avril 2025
Localisation
49.666230° N 125.385490° W
Rapport concernant
  • Conditions de neige
Carte pour le rapport du Réseau d'information en montagne: Sun Burns & Corn Turns

Conditions de neige

La qualité du hors-piste était:
Excellente
Les conditions de neige étaient :
  • Croûtée
  • Mouillée
Nous avons parcouru:
  • Pentes ensoleillées

Information

La journée était:
  • Ensoleillée
  • Chaude
Conditions d'avalanche
  • Augmentation rapide de la température jusqu'à près ou au-dessus de 0°C ou neige mouillée en surface.

Commentaires

A gorgeous sunny day at Castlecrag with great "corn skiing" in the afternoon. The snowline for staging was just past 12 km on the East Fork Main. Starting out, it was quite crusty, and ski crampons felt necessary for travel. The 10 to 20 cm thick crust capping the snowpack boosted our confidence in the low avalanche danger rating.

By the afternoon, the crust had melted out enough on sunny slopes to make for some great skiing. We saw no recent avalanches aside from a couple of small loose wet sluffs down in the cutblock that we suspect happened yesterday afternoon.

Great corn skiing on sunny slopes in the afternoon.
Great corn skiing on sunny slopes in the afternoon.
A dusting of 1-5cm of dry snow overlaying a thick supportive crust can still be found on some upper elevation direct north facing slopes.
A dusting of 1-5cm of dry snow overlaying a thick supportive crust can still be found on some upper elevation direct north facing slopes.
Rain runnels after the last big rain event.
Rain runnels after the last big rain event.
A couple of small loose wet avalanches in teh cutblock, likely from yesterday afternoon.
A couple of small loose wet avalanches in teh cutblock, likely from yesterday afternoon.
The crust is thick and hard when temps are cool in the morning.
The crust is thick and hard when temps are cool in the morning.