Tree skiing at Pedley

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, windy

Ride Type

denseTrees, openTrees

Stayed Away

convexSlopes, alpineSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder

Skied several laps in the trees at Pedley Pass today with better than expected ski quality. There was a couple cms of new snow, with up to 5cms at the pass. We dug a pit near the ridge line at 2250m on a north facing slope. We had results at cte4 and cte7, both sudden planer failing on the layer that’s now down ~25-30cms. Overall snowpack was 85cms at the ridge that thins out as we moved down to valley bottom. The bottom of the snowpack is almost all facets. There was a skier triggered avalanche approximately size 2, from another group at the top of the bowl on the skiers right. No one was caught in the slide. The crown looks to be ~100m wide and the slide ran to ground. It traveled around 350m down from the ridge.

Avalanche

Run Length

350

Slab Width

100

Trigger Type

skier

Wind Exposure

leeSlope

Avalanche Size

2

Slab Thickness

85

Trigger Sub Type

accidental

Start Zone Aspect

NW

Vegetation Cover

openSlope

Avalanche Character

windSlab, corniceWithSlab

Crust Near Weak Layer

1

Number Of Avalanches

1

Start Zone Elevation

2350

Runout Zone Elevation

2230

Avalanche Observation

12hrsAgo

Weak Layer Crystal Type

facets

Start Zone Elevation Band

alp

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2025-01-04T19:00:00.000Z