Bow Summit S Glades

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, warm, wet

Ride Type

mellowSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

crusty, heavy, wet

Went to Bow Summit today to poke around and maybe get a little skiing in (kept hopes low). At 10:00AM at the parking lot temperature was 1C with consistent light snow. Headed to the Bow South Glades and noticed wind affected snow and melt/freeze crust all along the ridge with strong winds and air temp of -2C. Glade skiing was better than expected! Snow was varied between crust and soft on the E aspect we skied, with a small windslab present near the ridge. On return to car, temps were warm again (0C) and the morning snow had melted. Dug a pit @2340m E aspect, ECTX. 60cm snowpack, 60-40 was isothermal slab sitting on crust, 40-30cm facets, 30-Ground was consolidated (frozen?) facets. Old size 1.5 Avalanche in the bowl skiers right of our lines likely from the previous week. Good day with some PMA!

Weather

Avg Temp

0

Max Temp

1

Min Temp

-2

Wind Speed

windSpeedLight

Blowing Snow

light

Sky Condition

overcast

Snowfall Rate

1

Wind Direction

W

New Snow24 Hours

1

Temperature Trend

steady

Precipitation Type

snow

Snowpack

Depth

60

Obs Type

summary

Site Aspect

E

Test Fracture

resistant

Ski Penetration

0

Foot Penetration

30

Site Elevation Band

tln

Surface Conditions

variable

Avalanche

Run Length

100

Slab Width

30

Trigger Type

natural

Avalanche Size

1

Start Zone Aspect

E

Vegetation Cover

openSlope

Start Zone Incline

30

Avalanche Character

wetSlab

Number Of Avalanches

1

Start Zone Elevation

2400

Avalanche Observation

moreThan48hrsAgo

Start Zone Elevation Band

alp

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2024-02-03T22:00:00.000Z

Old avalanche, we presumed from last week's natural cycle.