Boxing Day at 15km
Quick reportgnewall4 · Dec 26, 2024 · Lizard-Flathead
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, warm, stormy
- Ride Type
- openTrees, steepSlopes, convexSlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
Snowpack
- Depth
- 215
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- N
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 1700
- Ski Penetration
- 20
- Test Initiation
- easy
- Foot Penetration
- 60
- Cracking Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Depth
- 20
- Site Elevation Band
- btl
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- stormSnow
CTE 1, sudden planar, 20cm down. Higher up on the mountain we triggered several very small (size 0) storm slab avalanches on the 20cm layer. CTM 4, sudden planar at 40cm down. We included a picture of this layer.