Noseeum Creek
Quick reportrachelmorgan.yd · Dec 14, 2023 · East Side 93N
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy
- Ride Type
- openTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, steepSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, windAffected
Light, low density precip throughout the day. Thin, early season snowpack. Lower snowpack dominated by depth hoar. Mid-pack combination of facets and crusts. Upper snowpack consisted of unconsolidated storm snow, not developing slab properties. Wind slabs developing in cross loaded lee areas. No whoomphing but localized collapsing and hollow feeling in loaded pockets.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -7
- Max Temp
- -5
- Min Temp
- -13
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Snowfall Rate
- 1
- Wind Direction
- SE
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Accumulated 3cm from 10:00 to 15:00.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 48
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- NW
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Ski Penetration
- 20
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Foot Penetration
- 30
- Test Failure Depth
- 32
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- depthHoar
Profile graph attached. Bottom crust layer strong enough to hold foot pen in many areas, otherwise foot pen to ground.
Avalanche
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Avalanche Size
- 1.5
- Start Zone Aspect
- NW
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Avalanche Character
- looseWet
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Avalanche Observation
- 24to48hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2023-12-08T19:00:00.000Z
Three size 1-1.5 avalanches on similar aspect (NW) in chutes next to each other. No visible crowns, appeared to release from rocks above in previous storm cycle. Wet, chunky debris. Avalanches circled in photos.