2014/2015 bc interior thread

[grinch]

Christina trees yesterday. couple settlements. nothing moving. light dry eastern rockies pow



fresh top to bottom on fingers today. still plenty o alders

[crashidy]

Take those low angle whoomps for what they are. Had two when our group got together while skiing in the trees. I went a bit further down and came to a stop above a steeper section. Too late. Went for a ride through the trees on the hoar 40cm down. Deployed air bag. Came to a stop half way through the trees get first against a big tree with slab going past me. This was in dense trees. All good minus a lost pole. Just a slight change in incline got that slab to move. . Enjoy the fresh.

[Lamothe]

Take those low angle whoomps for what they are. Had two when our group got together while skiing in the trees. I went a bit further down and came to a stop above a steeper section. Too late. Went for a ride through the trees on the hoar 40cm down. Deployed air bag. Came to a stop half way through the trees get first against a big tree with slab going past me. This was in dense trees. All good minus a lost pole. Just a slight change in incline got that slab to move. . Enjoy the fresh.

shit , glad that worked out. It's touchy out there. time to wiggle in the mellow

[jamesp]

Take those low angle whoomps for what they are. Had two when our group got together while skiing in the trees. I went a bit further down and came to a stop above a steeper section. Too late. Went for a ride through the trees on the hoar 40cm down. Deployed air bag. Came to a stop half way through the trees get first against a big tree with slab going past me. This was in dense trees. All good minus a lost pole. Just a slight change in incline got that slab to move. . Enjoy the fresh.

was this in the Teddy Bear trees? as mentioned above & on the bulletin?

unrelated... I skied the Gorge (17km) Saturday. Only signs of avy activity there was a crown that was a few days old. But we kept it mellow & were careful to avoid steeper roll overs. My first time there, super fun terrain but its surprisingly convoluted terrain, very easy to get sucked into the 'wrong' gully or off the 'wrong' side of a ridge.

[grinch]

glad all is well crashidy. thanks for posting that. it wasn't super mellow where we ended up and wasn't where we were aiming for . yes nothing moved but I didn't like that this slope was lacking as much support as I would have liked in these conditions(steeper rollover below us). we took extra caution after. hopefully this big cycle will flush some things out and add to the mid pack and isolate that sliding surface a bit more

[That was Pontus]

Take those low angle whoomps for what they are. Had two when our group got together while skiing in the trees. I went a bit further down and came to a stop above a steeper section. Too late. Went for a ride through the trees on the hoar 40cm down. Deployed air bag. Came to a stop half way through the trees get first against a big tree with slab going past me. This was in dense trees. All good minus a lost pole. Just a slight change in incline got that slab to move. . Enjoy the fresh.

Glad all is well, friends in the Rossland Range had a similar incident on the 3rd.

Selected a low angle line/section that was treed but a short, steep pitch where there was very shallow snowpack (maybe 10cm on that hoary coated crust) let go (skier triggered) and propagated outwards in both directions. Crown was at its deepest 70cm, width approximately 30m, and the slide traveled 35-40m downhill.

[grinch]

its a different yr and I imagine this layer rearing its ugly head with potentially huge consequences right thru and into spring. if so those lines will still be there next yr. be safe lads

[el hefe]

Holy shit. Almost 2ft in downtown Vernon. Silver Star was excellent today.

[crashidy]

silent pass, south east corner of glacier, north west Purcell. Filed a report with avalanche.ca with a couple pictures.

[BeardedClam]

From GAH over new years

[el hefe]

Above 0 now at 1900m. Crazy winter, glad I got the goods yesterday.

Sick shot clam.

[AlexC]

Back to back 30 cm days at RMR. Yesterday was blower, today was heavier but pretty much bottomless. Made for awesome skiing but it can't be good for the snowpack.

[grinch]

Painful having to work at the same time every second being reminded of how deep it is. 2 ft of fresh on the highway. What a shit show

[LeeLau]

Dare I ask how the Fingers are doing?

[Lamothe]

Dare I ask how the Fingers are doing?

I was in their last night . It's was pretty scary actually . Fractures , remotes triggering and whumpfs all night . Just hung out down low. That being said , we were plowing chest deep( I'm short) il post
The video in a bit

[LeeLau]

I was in their last night . It's was pretty scary actually . Fractures , remotes triggering and whumpfs all night . Just hung out down low. That being said , we were plowing chest deep( I'm short) il post
The video in a bit

If the low angle stuff is whumphing then Imo the higher steeper stuff will pretty much be russian roulette. Thanks for that though!

[sparkletarte.]

ww was pretty good yesterday with about 30c fresh, but the base being only 140 made for lots of hazards and caution. today it started out fine then rained to the top. yeah.

[Lamothe]

If the low angle stuff is whumphing then Imo the higher steeper stuff will pretty much be russian roulette. Thanks for that though!

Yeah . thats why we turned around. That and skiing in the dark is eerie.





https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v...type=2&theater

[LeeLau]

Awesome

[Dromond]

Some things that are good during the day are just better at night.

[crashidy]

Fireworks also more fun at night haha.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWUi6...e_gdata_player

[el hefe]

I am hearing above 6000ft it is ok. Anyone else got info?

[Dr. Lobotomy]

Got to Revelstoke last night. Apparently yesterday had a significant inversion and cooked the top of the mtn. My first day here today- inversion all morning with heavy fog through most of mid mtn, visibility about 50ft at times. Not knowing the mtn, went to trees skiers left of stoke chair for visibility (think I was in Tally-Ho, hard to tell w the fog). Was a fucking rodeo--hard crusted cut up chunky shit..."Great Equalizer" snow. Hard/firm enough that I was unable to simply plow through (and I'm 250lbs on Cochises). Picked my way through that shit stain then avoided it for the rest of the day. Everything tracked out, but snow still soft and enjoyable around Separate Reality. Snow was nice but fog dense lower down the mountain. Higher up the mountain the trail up to sub peak was open and snow up there "looked" good, but don't know how it skied (alone today, don't know the mtn, decided not to hike). Heard there were still fresh lines around Back 40 but was apparently getting heavy by mid morning and some snowboarders I talked to said it was too heavy for boards but probably still ok for skis.

Anyone have advice on where I should head to on RMR tomorrow in terms of good snow?

[blender]

Anyone know about conditions at Sun Peaks right now? Heard some very mixed reviews last couple of days.

[kootenayskier]

Solar aspects crusted up, and a temperature crust (and tree bombs) to about 1800m in the Rossland Range.