Abbot Path Minor
AvalancheGareth Weston · Feb 27, 2020 · Glacier
Quick report
- Weather
- warm, foggy
- Ride Type
- steepSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- heavy, deepPowder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab
Skiied a socked in Abbot Path Minor, very deep but heavy powder conditions due to warming temps. Several ski cuts atop steep convexities resulted in slabs breaking down to Feb 22nd surface hoar layer, becoming increasingly energetic as elevation was lost.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- 1
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- fog
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 20
- Slab Width
- 2
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- noWindExposure
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Slab Thickness
- 30
- Trigger Sub Type
- intentional
- Start Zone Aspect
- E
- Start Zone Incline
- 35
- Avalanche Character
- stormSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1500
- Weak Layer Burial Date
- 2020-02-22T16:12:23.000Z
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- surfaceHoar
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- btl
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2020-02-27T12:30:00