Mallard lodge West Rockies
Avalanchepamann ยท Feb 29, 2020
Quick report
- Weather
- stormy
- Ride Type
- openTrees, steepSlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow
Wrapping up a week of ski touring at mallard lodge, in the west Rockies just north of Athabasca pass. Excellent skiing at and below tree line. We skied steep open slopes to 40 deg, during a week of generally snowy weather. We never did get into the alpine after the first day and suspect conditions may be different as moderate winds were noted-up high at different times over the week.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -5
- Max Temp
- -1
- Min Temp
- -9
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Snowfall Rate
- 1
- Wind Direction
- SW
- New Snow24 Hours
- 20
- Storm Snow Amount
- 33
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Pretty much cloudy and snowing every day since Feb 23. This limited our trips into the alpine and focussed on skiing at and below tree line.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 235
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- NE, N
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 2000
- Ski Penetration
- 30
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Foot Penetration
- 45
- Test Failure Depth
- 55
- Site Elevation Band
- tln, btl
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- other
Several pits and tests over the week. We had some graupel early in the week that though isolated was reactive today CTH 23 Rp, down 55cm on older surface. Measured 58cm of storm snow as of today. We did not find the mid Feb surface hoar here.
Avalanche
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Trigger Sub Type
- intentional
- Start Zone Incline
- 40
- Avalanche Character
- looseDry
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2000
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- stormSnow
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2020-02-29T16:40:00
Ski cutting and skiing produced only sluffing to size one. Though observations were limited due to weather, there were a few loose slugs noted on solar aspects but no signs of slab activity.