Concrete and frozen slides

Quick report

Weather

windy, warm

Ride Type

denseTrees, mellowSlopes

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes, openTrees, sunnySlopes

Riding Quality

terrible

Snow Conditions

hard, crusty, windAffected

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionTemp

Snow was concrete like and made for a hot running snow machine. The slide mentioned was likely from the rain fall and sudden temp change earlier in the week.

Weather

Avg Temp

0

Wind Speed

windSpeedLight

Blowing Snow

none

Sky Condition

clear

Wind Direction

NE

New Snow24 Hours

0

Precipitation Type

none

Snowpack

Obs Type

summary

Site Aspect

NW

Site Elevation

1150

Test Initiation

none

Foot Penetration

0

Sled Penetration

3

Site Elevation Band

tln

Surface Conditions

crust

Did not stick around to do in-depth checks

Avalanche

Run Length

75

Slab Width

200

Trigger Type

natural

Wind Exposure

leeSlope

Avalanche Size

2.5

Slab Thickness

30

Start Zone Aspect

NW

Vegetation Cover

sparseTrees

Start Zone Incline

30

Avalanche Character

wetSlab, deepPersistentSlab

Number Of Avalanches

2-5

Start Zone Elevation

1160

Runout Zone Elevation

1120

Avalanche Observation

moreThan48hrsAgo

Start Zone Elevation Band

tln

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2026-01-12T08:00:00.000Z

This looks to be a natural slide, no new tracks on the most recent snowfall (it melted then froze since then). The crown looks to follow the edge of the small rocky patch to the east then travels west along the trees. There had also been several smaller slides below the main slide in the photos, they had made it onto the road/trail. I did not stick around long enough to check the depth of snow or get into fine details. This is My first report of an avvy so take it with a grain of salt. I was alone testing my sled and I did not wanna mess around too much in the dark.