AST1 - 3rd knoll
Quick reporttimotheplante · Feb 11, 2024 · Shames
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, foggy, sunny, warm
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes, sunnySlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSound, avalancheConditionTemp
Soccer Mom was gonna get her hair done, but heard Shames might have some good riding on the cards. Observed shooting cracks on steep slopes, steep convexities and unsupported features. Numerous natural and skier-triggered loose and soft slab avalanches all aspects ALP/TL to size 1 to size 2.5 Observed one skier triggering and riding out a slab avalanche size 1 that ran fast and far. Stayed out of all avalanche terrain.
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Sky Condition
- scatteredClouds
- Wind Direction
- SW
- New Snow24 Hours
- 30
- Storm Start Date
- 2024-02-09
- Storm Snow Amount
- 27
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- snow
AM: Scattered flurries and overcast. PM: Snowfall tapering off by 1300h. Mix of sun and clouds warming things up with greenhouse effect.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 278
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Elevation
- 1250
- Ski Penetration
- 28
- Foot Penetration
- 30
- Cracking Observed
- 1
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
AST 1 group observed 30 cm of HST overlying a supportive crust.
Avalanche
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Avalanche Size
- 1.5
- Vegetation Cover
- denseTrees
- Avalanche Character
- stormSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 11-50
- Avalanche Observation
- 24to48hrsAgo
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-02-10T21:57:00.000Z