Cain West Bowl
AvalancheR Newcombe · Jan 31, 2021 · North Island
Quick report
- Weather
- sunny, cold, stormy
- Ride Type
- denseTrees, openTrees, mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, steepSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab
Great riding conditions but avoided avalanche prone terrain and terrain traps. 20cm+ fell Friday night. 20 cm+ fell Saturday night. On Sunday we we saw a large 2.5 avalanche debris field on the run called “sliders” in Cain’s west bowl. Crown was 10-30cm thick. Width was ~200m and it ran for ~200m. See attached photos. It appeared to be skier triggered and must have happened early afternoon. Very heavy winds (75km/h) on Saturday evening and night.
Weather
- Sky Condition
- scatteredClouds
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 200
- Slab Width
- 200
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Avalanche Size
- 2.5
- Slab Thickness
- 30
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Avalanche Character
- stormSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2021-01-31T13:00:00