Tod Mountain

Quick report

Weather

cold, sunny, windy

Ride Type

denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, sunnySlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

crusty, hard, windAffected

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow

Recent wind transport creating hard wind slab. 25cm foot pen in trees. South face of Tod has been heavily wind affected and is down to melt freeze crust.

Snowpack

Cracking Observed

1

Avalanche

Run Length

30

Slab Width

30

Trigger Type

skier

Wind Exposure

leeSlope

Avalanche Size

1

Slab Thickness

20

Trigger Sub Type

accidental

Start Zone Aspect

N

Vegetation Cover

openSlope

Start Zone Incline

25

Avalanche Character

windSlab

Crust Near Weak Layer

1

Number Of Avalanches

1

Start Zone Elevation

1090

Runout Zone Elevation

1080

Avalanche Observation

12hrsAgo

Start Zone Elevation Band

tln

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2024-02-17T23:00:00.000Z

Trees islands on ridge. Wind deposited snow to Lee slope. Lots of shooting cracks once I touched the wind deposit. Mellow slope with a very hard wind slab on top of melt freeze crust. Did not step down from melt freeze crust.