Swift Creek Cabins - Day 3
Quick reportesmeadows ยท Apr 10, 2026
Quick report
- Weather
- sunny, warm
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, sunnySlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, powder
We got an early start since the day before had been warm and sunny and similar weather was expected this day. Sun-exposed aspects had a hard breakable solar crust. Good skiing was found on Gandalf the Grey in shaded low-lying areas that had some windborne accumulation. Solar crusts found at all alpine elevations and aspects. Pinwheels and small wet-loose common on solar-affected aspects with slope greater than about 30 degrees.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 100
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Start Zone Aspect
- S, SW
- Start Zone Incline
- 30
- Avalanche Character
- looseWet
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2280
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 2100
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2026-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
Wet loose with start zone just below a rock band. Solar heating likely warmed the rocks and triggered wet-loose just below rock band.