Wet loose slide
Avalanchejmcconville · Apr 3, 2023 · Brandywine
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- SW
- Ski Penetration
- 3
- Foot Penetration
- 15
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- stormSnow
Very heavy wet snow on Gin Peak today.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 50
- Slab Width
- 10
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Slab Thickness
- 20
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- SW
- Vegetation Cover
- sparseTrees
- Start Zone Incline
- 30
- Avalanche Character
- looseWet
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1500
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1450
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- stormSnow
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2023-04-07T09:00:00.000Z
Skiing down from Gin Peak today on wet heavy fresh snow. Second skier accidentally triggered a sluff on a small roll over feature. No one was caught and we avoided skiing above each other. In the morning we observed small wet loose and by the afternoon warming there were many more slides observed on many aspects. Some natural on steep slopes and other small wet loose triggered by another group. Overall hard work skiing on very heavy snow.