South Side of Blackcomb Peak
Quick reportwestcoastmagic · Jan 17, 2024 · Spearhead
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -14
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- scatteredClouds
- Snowfall Rate
- 1
- Wind Direction
- NW
- New Snow24 Hours
- 20
- Storm Start Date
- 2024-01-16
- Storm Snow Amount
- 20
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Lightly snowing + mostly cloudy & overcast throughout the day. Sun came out for an hour between 2-3pm
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 100
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Wind Exposure
- reverseLoadedSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1.5
- Start Zone Aspect
- S
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Start Zone Incline
- 45
- Avalanche Character
- looseDry
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2250
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 2160
- Weak Layer Burial Date
- 2024-01-16
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-01-17T23:00:00.000Z
Dry loose snow is not bonding to the surface below, and this natural avalanche looks like it ran on a shallow/rocky steep slope in the alpine. Picture was taken at 3pm from Disease Ridge. Skin tracks set that day were covered by the avalanche(s), so likely ran earlier in the day.