Depencier Lake
Quick reportFacetHound · Feb 7, 2023 · North Shore
Quick report
- Weather
- foggy, warm, wet, windy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder, heavy, wet
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow
Weather
Winds L, NE at ridgetop, gusting to M. C winds at lower elevations with L gusts.
Avalanche
A small, dense storm slab released from on a micro terrain feature just uphill of Depencier Lake. The slope was identified as a problem slope prior to skier loading and skier was able to exit the flank onto a small terrain feature without being caught or carried. Avalanche ran 8-10m with a 3m wide crown across a small drainage. Avalanche flanks were poorly defined; we hypothesized that it had failed on the interface between new storm snow and older snow from the previous system that fell late last week.