Shames on Sunday
Avalanchechataway.mike · Feb 25, 2018 · Shames
Quick report
- Weather
- stormy
- Ride Type
- denseTrees, mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- openTrees, alpineSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab
Released Size 2ish storm slab. S face of Zimacord trees. No cracks seen before this. was tiptoeing so in a safe location when a crack ran from ski tip out and released. Evidence of same occurring to a group that skied before us just to the West. A third group had same results. Ran on a crust that is likely the wind crust from last week or solar. Snow was unconsolidated underneath this crust.
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Snowfall Rate
- 2
- New Snow24 Hours
- 30
- Storm Snow Amount
- 45
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- S
- Site Elevation
- 1200
- Test Initiation
- none
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- crust
the crack that caused this slide was the only shooting crack we observed.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 30
- Slab Width
- 10
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- noWindExposure
- Avalanche Size
- 2
- Slab Thickness
- 30
- Trigger Sub Type
- intentional
- Start Zone Aspect
- S
- Vegetation Cover
- sparseTrees
- Avalanche Character
- stormSlab
- Crust Near Weak Layer
- 1
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Avalanche Observation
- 12to24hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- stormSnow
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2018-02-25T13:46:00
Snow in slab was right side up. Crust was brittle and semi supportive to skiing.