Mt Elsey
AvalancheTrigger · Feb 15, 2020 · Quesnel
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy
- Ride Type
- steepSlopes, openTrees, mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
Elevation: 1950m Aspect: nw Incline: 30deg Sky: oc Precip: s-1 Wind: light/east Foot pen: 80cm Surface: + HS: 245cm
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -11
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- light
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Snowfall Rate
- 1
- Wind Direction
- E
- New Snow24 Hours
- 25
- Storm Start Date
- 2020-02-13T23:46:05.000Z
- Storm Snow Amount
- 25
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Snowpack
- Depth
- 245
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- NW
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 1950
- Ski Penetration
- 30
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Foot Penetration
- 80
- Test Failure Depth
- 45
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- surfaceHoar
F - 25cm storm snow 4F - 55cm wind slab on SH 1F - 70cm 4F - 95cm SH layer (late December layer) 1F - 100cm CTE 2 @ 20cm storm slab CTM 2 @ 30cm wind slab CTH 2 @ 45cm SP on surface hoar
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 80
- Slab Width
- 5
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- crossLoadedSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1.5
- Slab Thickness
- 10
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- NE
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Avalanche Character
- stormSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2125
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1850
- Weak Layer Burial Date
- 2020-02-14T23:53:01.000Z
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- stormSnow
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2020-02-15T15:50:00