Emerald Peak
Avalanchecampbelladam79 ยท Feb 15, 2020
Quick report
- Weather
- warm
- Ride Type
- openTrees, alpineSlopes
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
We skied off Emerald Peak. We approached via the Hamilton Lake summer trail then climbed up towards the ridge. Snow was supportive. High winds in the alpine, but nice snow in protected areas. We avoided thin snow areas. The skiing at treeline was incredible and a bit heavier below treeline
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedStrong
- Sky Condition
- scatteredClouds
- New Snow24 Hours
- 10
- Precipitation Type
- none
Strong winds in the alpine
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 500
- Avalanche Size
- 2
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1700
- Avalanche Observation
- 24to48hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- btl, tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2020-02-15T12:36:00
There was evidence of a huge slide that slide the length of skiers left slide path off the middle bench. Huge debris chunks the whole way down