Nak SE slopes
Avalanchehamishdbaird · Dec 30, 2016 · Coquihalla
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, cold
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow
Skied from 1750m when snow became increasingly wind effected. See obs and avalanche report.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 1950
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- SE
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 1750
- Test Initiation
- easy
- Cracking Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Depth
- 30
- Site Elevation Band
- btl, tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets, stormSnow
Further test yielded a moderate break at 13 down 70cm on 2mm faceted granules. See picture. This layer then proved to be fairly resistant when skier filled in pit from above.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 50
- Slab Width
- 10
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- SE
- Avalanche Character
- stormSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1500
- Weak Layer Burial Date
- 2016-12-29T20:00:00.000Z
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- stormSnow
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln, btl
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2016-12-30T13:00:00
Slight cross loading from previous storm but slopes generally sheltered. Ran to base of unsupported slope.