Don’t be a fool, bring a puffy
Quick reportemilefarrelldessureault · Mar 6, 2024 · Glacier
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, sunny, windy
- Ride Type
- openTrees, alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- powder, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab
Went to ride ursus trees, dug a pit there and decided to go up Bruin’s ridge to go see how 8812 bowl was. Dropped in it from the ridge into the bowl while staying away from convex roll and steep parts, the ski was amazing.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 240
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- N
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets, crust
Dug a pit at 1900 m on a 25 degree north facing slope near ursus trees. Compression test gave us a drop at shoulder tap, CTH26 down 95 cm just above the facets that are surrounding the crust. Didn’t get any result on the extended column test.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 600
- Slab Width
- 200
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Wind Exposure
- leeSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 3
- Slab Thickness
- 80
- Start Zone Aspect
- N
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Start Zone Incline
- 45
- Avalanche Character
- persistentSlab
- Crust Near Weak Layer
- 1
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2300
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1700
- Weak Layer Burial Date
- 2024-02-03
- Avalanche Observation
- 24to48hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- facets
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-03-06T19:45:00.000Z
Size 3 off STS couloir, see picture.