Melty Merriment
Avalanchelisanne.naeth · Mar 22, 2022 · West Island
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, wet, windy, warm
- Ride Type
- openTrees, mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- heavy, wet
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp
Sticky, heavy, wet skiing and skinning today. After attempting the 5040 peak but observing several signs of wet loose activity we turned around and played in the glory glades (SW aspect between 1150-1300m).
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Rainfall Rate
- showers
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Wind Direction
- E
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- rain
So much rain. Wind really picked up as the day went on.
Avalanche
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Start Zone Aspect
- S, W
- Vegetation Cover
- sparseTrees
- Avalanche Character
- looseWet
- Number Of Avalanches
- 6-10
- Avalanche Observation
- moreThan48hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- stormSnow
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2022-03-21T17:00:00
Lots of wet loose activity to the north and east of cobalt lake between 1200-1400m. Photos aren’t great due to minimal visibility. Released sometime between noon on the 21st and 8am on the 22nd. Storm slab from 19/20th melting fast with rising temps.