Elliott NE bowl

Quick report

Weather

cloudy

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, openTrees, steepSlopes

Stayed Away

cutBlocks, convexSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder

Elliott NE basin had decent snow, very little wind effect. Intentional car size cornice drop triggered small slab in our line. It may not be representative of stability in the whole basin though.

Weather

Avg Temp

-2

Wind Speed

windSpeedModerate

Blowing Snow

light

Sky Condition

overcast

Snowfall Rate

1

Wind Direction

SW

New Snow24 Hours

1

Storm Snow Amount

1

Temperature Trend

rising

Precipitation Type

snow

Precipitation24 Hours

1

Avalanche

Run Length

200

Slab Width

15

Trigger Type

skier

Wind Exposure

leeSlope

Avalanche Size

1

Slab Thickness

20

Trigger Sub Type

intentional

Start Zone Aspect

NE

Vegetation Cover

openSlope

Start Zone Incline

40

Avalanche Character

corniceWithSlab

Crust Near Weak Layer

1

Number Of Avalanches

1

Start Zone Elevation

1850

Runout Zone Elevation

1750

Weak Layer Burial Date

2025-03-01

Avalanche Observation

12hrsAgo

Weak Layer Crystal Type

facets

Start Zone Elevation Band

alp

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2025-03-02T21:00:00.000Z

We didn’t have set goals today, given touchy snowpack. We just went to check out new to us zone. Snow looked good in Elliott NE basin and we decided to try and push some cornice in our line. We did so secured to rope with T slot anchor. We were able to push a car size chunk of cornice in the line. It triggered a small slab right below the cornice that didn’t propagate much across the slope. The slab also didn’t entrained much snow down the slope either. Hand shears nearby crown line did show easy results on recent 20-30 storm snow. We skied nearby avalanche track on 15-20cm ski pen / decent snow. Regardless of the limited results of our intentional skier triggered avalanche we still consider the snowpack in the area touchy and needing some time to stabilize following warm temps and new snow.