Red Mountain
AvalancheYellowheadGuides · Dec 11, 2021 · McGregor
Quick report
- Weather
- stormy, windy
- Ride Type
- steepSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab
The snowpack has almost doubled since I was here 2 weeks ago. 190cm at the cabin, 260cm in the northern drainages closer to the Torpy River. Breaking trail was soul-crushing. Skiing was great in terrain that was steep enough. We avoided wind-loaded convex features at treeline. Snow below treeline remained unconsolidated and is where the best quality was found.
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedStrong
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Snowfall Rate
- 2
- Wind Direction
- SE
- New Snow24 Hours
- 30
- Storm Snow Amount
- 130
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Snowed 30cm between Dec. 9-10, overtop approx. 100cm of recent storm snow from the previous days. Strong SE winds overnight Dec. 10th created widespread wind-pressed surfaces at treeline and alpine elevations.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 260
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- N, NE, SE
- Site Elevation
- 1600
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
No reactivity seen. Did not venture out to steep, exposed terrain.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 250
- Slab Width
- 50
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Wind Exposure
- leeSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 2.5
- Slab Thickness
- 150
- Start Zone Aspect
- NE
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Start Zone Incline
- 45
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1900
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1600
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- stormSnow
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2021-12-11T20:03:00.000Z
Seen Dec. 11th after a night of strong SE winds