Garabaldi lake is frozen
Avalancheliimujared · Feb 12, 2022 · Garibaldi
Quick report
- Weather
- warm
- Ride Type
- sunnySlopes, alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- terrible
- Snow Conditions
- hard
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionTemp
Above ~1600m surprisingly hard despite direct sun and high above 0 temps during the day. Lots of pinwheeling in ring creek and along zones of high albedo. Noticeably cold air sitting in Garabaldi lake basin. GARABALDI LAKE IS FROZEN.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -7
- Min Temp
- -7
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- clear
- Wind Direction
- NE
- Temperature Trend
- falling
- Precipitation Type
- none
Some forecasts predicted overnight melting as high as the alpine. Definitely froze overnight; -7 Celsius at 1900m at 1900 Feb 11. Light NE winds, gusting to moderate NE during the night. Warmed to -0.5 Celsius at 1900m by 0800 Feb 12, calm winds.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 10
- Slab Width
- 10
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Slab Thickness
- 10
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- SE
- Avalanche Character
- wetSlab
- Crust Near Weak Layer
- 1
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- surfaceHoar
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2022-02-11T13:30:00
Did a ski cut, expected wet loose to slide, but slid as a thin slab. Same aspect as all the stuff that slid out of gargoyles