Wind = wind slab
Quick reportstephyeahhh · Jan 10, 2026 · Lizard
Quick report
- Weather
- windy
- Ride Type
- convexSlopes, mellowSlopes, openTrees, denseTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound
We skinned up sunny side of liverwurst ridge, snow surface was heavily wind affected. Plan was to ski into big steep, skin up and ski Hilda’s. North side of ridge appeared to be heavily loaded so decided to ski Norun instead. Norun was also loaded by downslope winds. We found isolated pockets in relatively sheltered glades of 20-40cm deep wind slab, easily triggered by skiers. Changed plans and exited lower in the drainage.
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedModerate
- Blowing Snow
- moderate
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
- Precipitation Type
- none
Wind direction highly variable, consistently mod - strong
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 40
- Slab Width
- 10
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- downFlow
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Trigger Sub Type
- intentional
- Start Zone Aspect
- N
- Vegetation Cover
- sparseTrees
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2026-01-10T19:00:00.000Z
Multiple size 1.0 Sc in “sheltered” glades at TL