Swift Creek Area
Avalanchenathanjroper ยท Mar 20, 2022
Quick report
- Weather
- warm
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp
A week at swift creek. NE Slopes that see no shade are still problematic, and 50% let go when ski cut which caused Short running slabs, .5 in size. Sunday March 20 new Wet Snow seemed to settle the area. A new wind Crust was starting to form in the Alpine above 2000M. Warming temperatures caused many cornices to release, as well as a tree bomb slide. Sun slopes were very solid, and saw little movement, minus sluffs. Wind Crust is now 35 CM down, and seemed slightly reactive in the Alpine and Treeline before Sunday, but seemed deep enough down to cause no issues Sunday. Treeline seemed the most consolidated throughout the week.
Weather
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
- Snowfall Rate
- 2
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 10
- Slab Width
- 6
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Slab Thickness
- 15
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- NE
- Start Zone Incline
- 38
- Avalanche Character
- persistentSlab, looseDry
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2050
- Avalanche Observation
- 24to48hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2022-03-17T14:30:00
Class .5 to 1 avalanche on low consequence slope sweep skier off their feet.