Steep creek
Quick reportharry.i.j.lewis · Dec 7, 2025 · Duffey
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy
- Ride Type
- openTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow
Skinnable/skiable to and from the highway :) hope you like Alder
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedModerate
- Blowing Snow
- moderate
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
- Wind Direction
- NE
- New Snow24 Hours
- 15
- Storm Start Date
- 2025-12-05
- Storm Snow Amount
- 55
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Some variability in wind direction
Snowpack
- Depth
- 120
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- SE
- Test Fracture
- unevenBreak
- Site Elevation
- 1960
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Test Failure Depth
- 15
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
We did one compression test and two extended column tests. For the CT and the second ECT failure (at 12 and 11 respectively) was on new snow at a depth of ~15cm. The first ECT failed on facets over a rain crust at ~55cm depth (at 24). This layer did not fail in either of the other tests. No propagation observed in either ECT.
Avalanche
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Avalanche Size
- 2.5
- Start Zone Aspect
- N
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2100
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1800
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2025-12-07T23:30:00.000Z
Observed a size ~2.5 natural avalanche from a couloir flushing above Darkside lake (see photo).