Snowmobiling around Tumbler Ridge and Pine Pass area group.

[snoqueen]

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The girlfriend and I had a couple free hours today so we took a drive 20 min past Silver Sands and did a handfull of Avi and Beacon Recovery exercises.

Nice to see that someone did a test pit. Did you do a compression test on that layer? How many taps with your shovel did it take for it to fall away from the column? I do see lots of layers there, but the one really concerning me is the one where it sheared off. That layer looks to be about 3-4 inches thick of a hoar frost layer....which is VERY unstable especially since it's buried so deep. The right trigger could make one hell of a slab avalanche and definitely a red flag. On another note....since we do not have accurate forecasts for the Northern Rockies Region you can send your observations to forecaster@avalanche.ca, with pictures. Every bit helps. Thanks! Safe sledding!

 

[TheronDanger]

Nice to see that someone did a test pit. Did you do a compression test on that layer? How many taps with your shovel did it take for it to fall away from the column? I do see lots of layers there, but the one really concerning me is the one where it sheared off. That layer looks to be about 3-4 inches thick of a hoar frost layer....which is VERY unstable especially since it's buried so deep. The right trigger could make one hell of a slab avalanche and definitely a red flag. On another note....since we do not have accurate forecasts for the Northern Rockies Region you can send your observations to forecaster@avalanche.ca, with pictures. Every bit helps. Thanks! Safe sledding!

There were definitely lots of layers in that snow but surprisingly it held together better than i had imagined when we did a pressure test. I gave it 10 good smacks and didn't get any layers to give. The layer i stopped at I actually removed with my shovel, came off easy but it stood up to the pressure test. We could have picked a better spot though, we realised after we were closer to the creek then we thought, this could have added to the ice layers. However, still not the safest Sledding conditions.

 

[TheronDanger]

Blooper taken while riding Tumbler yesterday. Tossed over the handlebars while side hilling the Super Bowl.

 

[TheronDanger]

Took my Buddy out for his first mountain ride yesterday at Tumbler, he did great, but my ribs hurt pretty bad from Laughing so hard.

 

[TheronDanger]

Spent the last couple days playing up in the powder.

 

[Buster]

Spent the last couple days playing up in the powder.

Good stuff!!