Touchy eastern aspects at treeline
Avalanchesteve.hort · Mar 1, 2020 · Gold
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, sunny
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab
2 separate avalanches on the same day. Both on east facing aspects at treeline triggered naturally. We found them on our way back at the end of the day on Sunday. Looked recent, within 12 hours. Approx 30cm crowns propagated across the entire face. Suspect persistent slabs on buried surface hoar layer. No activity above treeline on similar aspects.
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- scatteredClouds
- New Snow24 Hours
- 5
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- none
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 100
- Slab Width
- 100
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Avalanche Size
- 2
- Slab Thickness
- 30
- Start Zone Aspect
- E
- Vegetation Cover
- sparseTrees
- Start Zone Incline
- 35
- Avalanche Character
- persistentSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2000
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1900
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- surfaceHoar
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2020-03-01T14:00:00
2 separate avalanches on the same day. Both on east facing aspects at treeline triggered naturally. We found them on our way back at the end of the day on Sunday. Looked recent, within 12 hours. Approx 30cm crowns propagated across the entire face. Suspect persistent slabs on buried surface hoar layer. No activity above treeline on similar aspects.