storm slab
Quick reportHenry Hungerford Barrett · Jan 6, 2024 · Northwest Inland
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, cold, stormy
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees, steepSlopes
- Stayed Away
- cutBlocks, sunnySlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab
up to 25cm storm snow. easy sudden planar hand shears on solar aspects with the crust. much harder, resistant planar hand shears on the polar aspects, without the melt freeze crust below the new snow, but still got it to slide on a, steeper, unsupported, NE, alpine-ish feature at 2200m. highly variable snow depths up to 130cm. moderate to extreme alder hazard below 1600m. thin snowpack and open water below 1400. light winds, mainly from the south throughout the day, plenty of new snow available for transport if winds increase.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 70
- Slab Width
- 30
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- crossLoadedSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Slab Thickness
- 20
- Trigger Sub Type
- intentional
- Start Zone Aspect
- NE
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Start Zone Incline
- 40
- Avalanche Character
- stormSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2250
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 2170
- Weak Layer Burial Date
- 2024-01-05
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- stormSnow
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-01-06T22:30:00.000Z
ski cut size 1 storm slab, 20cm deep, on steeper unsupported terrain feature. NE aspect, 2250m