Confirming what others are seeing
Quick reportchataway.mike · Dec 20, 2024 · Sea To Sky
Quick report
- Weather
- warm
- Ride Type
- openTrees, denseTrees, mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- wet, powder, heavy, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSound, avalancheConditionTemp
Lots of wind transported snow up shames valley. Wind pressed, and soft wind slabs present. Settlement and whumpfing. Cracks on lower angled slopes too flat to slide. Warm temps lower in the valley (BTL), snow melting from trees and wet snow.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 30
- Slab Width
- 12
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- leeSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Slab Thickness
- 20
- Trigger Sub Type
- intentional
- Start Zone Aspect
- W
- Vegetation Cover
- sparseTrees
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab, persistentSlab
- Crust Near Weak Layer
- 1
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- facets
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-12-20T19:00:00.000Z
Ski cut a slope expecting a result and it slid. Failed in the 1" of loose crystals (likely facets) above the Dec 7 crain crust. Saw cracks on lower angle slopes and felt whumf/settlement in areas. Small now but could be a concern with new loading.