Apex Jan 9th
Quick reportsmoke ยท Jan 9, 2022
Quick report
- Weather
- warm
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes, sunnySlopes
- Riding Quality
- OK
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound
Windslabby conditions, sudden test results, and some shooting cracks. Found some nice boot top soft snow in mellow trees and went home.
Snowpack
ECTP 14 SP down 30, windslab on facets ECTP 28 SC down 85. Dec 4th MFcr, facets up to 4mm.
Avalanche
Estimated 24 to 36 hours old. Windslab that went naturally during the wind event. Old snow underneath is faceted. Some areas stepped down to large facets (3-4mm) on the early Dec MFcr or even to ground. Crowns up to 100cm, but most of the.slab appears to be 30cm. Note several shallow release points around rocks in the photos.