Cold and Deep!!!
Quick reportWaterton Visitor Safety · Jan 10, 2024 · Waterton
Quick report
- Weather
- cold
- Ride Type
- openTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 200
- Slab Width
- 50
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- crossLoadedSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 2.5
- Slab Thickness
- 70
- Trigger Sub Type
- remote
- Start Zone Aspect
- E
- Trigger Distance
- 100
- Vegetation Cover
- sparseTrees
- Avalanche Character
- deepPersistentSlab
- Crust Near Weak Layer
- 1
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1850
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1650
- Weak Layer Burial Date
- 2024-01-07
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- facets
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- btl
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-01-10T07:00:00.000Z
Excellent ski quality on Forum Ridge. Up to 70cm of new snow overlies a facet crust combo. This weak layers character varies widely by location. The facts seem most developed in sheltered areas below treeline. We remotely triggered a pair of size 2 avalanches from about 100m away. These avalanches failed on a 3cm layer of facets that is sitting directly above a crust.