Reactive windslabs on SH
Quick reportbensoneff · Jan 8, 2025 · Duffey
Quick report
- Weather
- sunny
- Ride Type
- sunnySlopes, alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSound, avalancheConditionSlab
The wind has been active in the Keith’s hut area the past 2 days creating reactive windslabs primed for human triggering on NE aspect at TL and ALP. I triggered 4 sz 1 avalanches today. 2 being intentional and 2 being accidental. 1 natural sz 1.5 also observed. These slides had surprising propagation and reactivity because they failed on SH up to 8mm. One slide was triggered in 20-25 degree terrain where we had felt very safe. Slides where 20-25cm deep. We covered a fair bit of terrain today skiing the lower slopes of motel 66 and skiing the Vantage Col area.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 30
- Slab Width
- 20
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- leeSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Slab Thickness
- 25
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- NE
- Vegetation Cover
- sparseTrees
- Start Zone Incline
- 25
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1940
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1940
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- surfaceHoar
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2025-01-08T08:00:00.000Z