AVALANCHE ACTIVITY:
An avalanche in Turkey has killed five soldiers, injures 12. Story in article section. Net Pic
Locally avalanche control produced Sz 1-2.5 Xe Sc. Cornices are getting to be an issue.
YESTERDAY:
Unsettled first light Saturday morning.
There were some breaks but mostly cloudy.
Snow conditions were good.
Around noon there was a good sized sucker hole.
Snowing 1.5 cm per hour near the end of the day.
Snowing to about 700 meters, days end.
Saturday afternoon. Looks like the storm is on track for some heavy snow fall.
Big picture Saturday, snow is on the way!!
Weather Observations for January 21, 2018 taken at 06:00 Hours.
2180 meters -6, Winds were 80-155 KPH SE--Whistler Peak
1835 meters -4, Winds were 30-80 KPH SE--Roundhouse
1660 meters -3, 58 cm of new, 60 cm in 24 hrs Base 279 cm --Pig Alley
660 meters 0, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +3.8, 5.4 mm of precip recorded yest
As of 07:00 hrs this am we have obscured skies, ltd visibility, strong winds and snowing 3 cm/hr.
FORECAST:
The front will weaken today in a strong Southwesterly flow aloft. Winds should abate by this afternoon with the freezing level hovering in the 900 meter range. The front was nice to us, with the biggest dump of the year to date. We may have gotten most of the precipitation slated for today, last night. An upper trough will push through Monday with some light periodic snow and weaken as the day progresses. A series of Pacific fronts will bring cool snowy weather for the remainder of the week.
Guesstimates: 15-20 cm by Monday morning, 5-10 cm by Tuesday morning, 10-20 cm by Wednesday morning, 15-20 cm by Thursday morning.
GOES IR image from this am, front looks like its ending!!
Looking mellow today.
Sunday.
Fronts along the coast.
Weak upper trough for Monday.
INFORMATION & OBSERVATIONS:
Coyote tracks.
Cornices were growing all day.
Skiing was awesome!!
Avalanche rescue practise.
Definition by the rocks.
Looking a lot like winter.
Yesterday, sluffing on all convexity's. SW slopes 30 plus cm. Chris Britt Pic
Image from 16:00 hrs Saturday afternoon. Snowing in the alpine at around 2 cm per hour.
From South Coast Touring:
January 19, 2018
Observations from the past two days in the Musical Bumps and Lower Disease/Chuting Gallery: Snow generally right side up after the past two days at treeline, with some wet over lower density at the 180116 interface. Lots of wet underlying the past two day's snow BTL, with right side up and dry and light on top at 1700m and up. Ski pen in trees up to 45cm at 1700m and deeper in the Chuting Gallery. Top of Gallery shows lots of wind deposition and wind slabs. Ski cuts on convexities producing loose dry in trees and windslabs to 50cm deep near treeline. Best riding in tight and steep trees. Watch for windfalls covered by latest storm snow...we had one rider faceplant right next to a stump that would have done more than ruin his day...treewells will be coming back into concern near treeline as well. Temps about back where they should be for good snow conditions...
From Mitch yesterday at Hanging Lake. Storm skiing without the wind in heavily-caked old growth forest. We found good stability from TL down. Older windslabs bonding to 180115 mfcr reasonably well and only minor whumpfing. Skied from 900m-1700m on Sw through S to E asp. Significant accumulations of right side up from 1250m up. Open creeks still a caution. Snowbanks my be 2.5m above creek and some bridges still suspect.
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