Ski cut, cookie and !WHUMPH!
Quick reportBackcountry Learning · Mar 18, 2025 · North Rockies
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, sunny, windy
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, mellowSlopes, openTrees, sunnySlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab
Great skiing in Kutetl and Five Mile Basin. One ski cut size 1 storm slab, one small cookie between tracks, and an apocalyptic feeling whumph that dropped so much it almost left us running in mid air like Wiley Coyote.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -8
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedModerate
- Blowing Snow
- moderate
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
- Wind Direction
- W
- New Snow24 Hours
- 2
- Storm Snow Amount
- 30
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- none
Moderate snow transport at ridgetop and crossloading in exposed features.
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- N, NW, SW, W
- Ski Penetration
- 30
- Foot Penetration
- 45
- Cracking Observed
- 1
- Site Elevation Band
- alp, tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Whumpfing Observed
- 1
See avalanche tab
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 15
- Slab Width
- 8
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Slab Thickness
- 30
- Trigger Sub Type
- intentional
- Start Zone Aspect
- NW
- Vegetation Cover
- sparseTrees
- Start Zone Incline
- 40
- Avalanche Character
- stormSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1950
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1935
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- stormSnow
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2025-03-18T20:30:00.000Z
One ski cut size 1 down 30cm. Soft storm slab - 8m wide and ran for 15m. Occurred at 1950m on a NW aspect in Five Mile Basin. Mid-slope convexity around 40º. One small cookie between tracks in Kutetl Basin also down 30. Slightly cakier snow that had been touched by wind. Occurred at 1960m on an E aspect, 35º slope. One very large whumph with a significant drop in the snowpack in 20º glades when the second skier skinned up to the regroup. SW aspect at 1900m in Kutetl Basin