S2SG powder skiing

Quick report

Weather

cold, sunny

Ride Type

convexSlopes, steepSlopes, alpineSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

deepPowder, powder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSnow

140cm of total storm snow in this spot. We skied steep slopes but kept it to short pitches and stayed away from larger connected slopes like the stadium glacier. Small point releases we observed from the day before.

Weather

Avg Temp

-8

Wind Speed

windSpeedLight

Blowing Snow

light

Sky Condition

fewClouds

Storm Snow Amount

140

Temperature Trend

steady

Precipitation Type

none

Blowing snow seen at the top of co pilot.

Snowpack

Depth

300

Obs Type

point

Site Aspect

NW

Test Fracture

resistant

Site Elevation

1600

Ski Penetration

25

Test Initiation

hard

Foot Penetration

60

Test Failure Depth

80

Site Elevation Band

alp

Test Failure Layer Crystal Types

other

Snow pack test yielded no results however with a very hard tap 32++ resistant planer down 80cm on suspected warming event interface during storm cycle. Possibly more prominent on lower elevations? Dec 30 Crust + facet interface was reactive after 80 cm cleared but had 140 cm above. 140cm storm snow is fist down 30 cm 4 finger next 20 cm then 2 finger to 1 rest of the way to the Dec 30 interface

Avalanche

Trigger Type

natural

Avalanche Size

1

Start Zone Aspect

W, SW, S

Avalanche Character

looseDry

Number Of Avalanches

2-5

Avalanche Observation

24to48hrsAgo

Start Zone Elevation Band

alp, tln

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2025-02-06T08:00:00.000Z