Begbie shoulder instability
Quick reportdemaster19 · Feb 2, 2019 · Long Range Mountains
Quick report
- Weather
- warm, cloudy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, denseTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- Amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp, avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound
Obsesrved a lot of small slab avalanches made of new storm snow sliding on crusty facet affected layer from the previous week of sun and mild temperatures. Biggest one was class 1 with a crown of 40 cm about 20m wide and run about 60 meters. Triggered by a ski cut on about 40 degree steep slope. Lots of cracking and sluffing observered in a trees on a steep convex slopes.