Finger chutes
Quick reportskiasessippi · Jan 25, 2025 · West Purcell
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, sunny
- Ride Type
- convexSlopes, mellowSlopes, openTrees, sunnySlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- hard, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSound
wumpfing observed on north aspects but no cracking. Dug our pit on a south aspect.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -12
- Max Temp
- -8
- Min Temp
- -20
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Sky Condition
- clear
- Wind Direction
- E
- Temperature Trend
- steady
Whole forester area is very wind affected.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 150
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- S, SE
- Site Elevation
- 1900
- Ski Penetration
- 30
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Foot Penetration
- 30
- Sled Penetration
- 49
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- surfaceHoar
- Whumpfing Observed
- 1
No reaction on single column test. Snow was very firm and consolidated at test pit on south aspect at base of finger chutes. However did observe wumpfing on north aspects.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 100
- Slab Width
- 15
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Wind Exposure
- crossLoadedSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1.5
- Slab Thickness
- 30
- Start Zone Aspect
- S, SE
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Start Zone Incline
- 45
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2200
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 2000
- Avalanche Observation
- moreThan48hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2025-01-24T17:52:00.000Z
Avy debris that appeared a couple days old observed in one of the easterly finger chutes. Appeared to be natural.