Chief Pascal

Quick report

Weather

cloudy

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

convexSlopes

Riding Quality

amazing

Snow Conditions

powder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSound

Chief Pascal had awesome riding on N aspects. No avy activity observed today except sluffing from skiing. It is still relatively low tide on the Duffey; hit some rocks underneath the pow, creek crossings were more difficult than usual and alders were horrendous below 1700m. Follow my skin track at your own peril! Heard multiple whumpfs while skinning on SW aspects

Weather

Wind Speed

windSpeedLight

Blowing Snow

light

Sky Condition

brokenClouds

Snowfall Rate

1

Wind Direction

SW

New Snow24 Hours

20

Precipitation Type

snow

Snowpack

Ski Penetration

35

Surface Conditions

newSnow

Whumpfing Observed

1

Avalanche

Run Length

50

Slab Width

50

Trigger Type

natural

Avalanche Size

1.5

Slab Thickness

50

Start Zone Aspect

N

Vegetation Cover

sparseTrees

Start Zone Incline

35

Avalanche Character

stormSlab

Crust Near Weak Layer

1

Number Of Avalanches

6-10

Start Zone Elevation

1900

Runout Zone Elevation

1800

Weak Layer Burial Date

2024-03-06

Avalanche Observation

moreThan48hrsAgo

Start Zone Elevation Band

tln

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2024-03-06T08:00:00.000Z

Saw 3x natural slab avalanches from the Wed Feb 28 storm on Convex rolls and fairly mellow runout angle in the Chief Pascal area. They were covered by ~15-20cm of new snow. Saw multiple similar avalanches in the distance in the Joffre Shoulder area but on steeper angles and with longer runouts. All observations on N aspects.