Stormy Slabby

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, foggy, stormy

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, cutBlocks, mellowSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

amazing

Snow Conditions

deepPowder, powder, windAffected

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSnow

Weather

Avg Temp

-7

Max Temp

-26

Min Temp

-10

Wind Speed

windSpeedCalm

Blowing Snow

none

Sky Condition

overcast

Snowfall Rate

1

Wind Direction

N

New Snow24 Hours

40

Storm Start Date

2024-01-05

Storm Snow Amount

22

Temperature Trend

falling

Precipitation Type

snow

visibility was much better in the morning then the storm rolled in by about 11am

Snowpack

Depth

140

Obs Type

point

Site Aspect

E

Test Fracture

resistant

Site Elevation

2240

Test Initiation

moderate

Foot Penetration

40

Sled Penetration

20

Test Failure Depth

37

Site Elevation Band

alp

Surface Conditions

newSnow

Test Failure Layer Crystal Types

stormSnow

Today I completed teaching a motorized avalanche skills training level 1. The class dug 5 snow study pits on an east facing aspect just off of a wind affected ridge top at 2240M with an HS of 140cm. Each pit (5) produced easy to moderate resistant planar results on the storm slab interface down 37cm. We also had quantified hard resistant planar results on the Dec 14 faceting interface down 50cm. We had one hard resistant planar result on the Dec 6 Melt Freeze Crust down 72cm. There was a small surface wind slab of about 5CM that was most reactive to snowmobile skis cutting through the snow off of small convex rolls.