Heart Strings
Quick reportwillzittlau · Jan 20, 2024 · Cariboos
Quick report
- Weather
- warm
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, denseTrees
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- heavy, wet
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp
Aurora Backcountry day at Joffre Lakes area. Skied the gully left of heartstrings on the approach up, see avalanche tab for more details. Continued on and put the boot pack in on Heart Strings and skied out from there. Warmer day than expected, mostly skied mash potatoes/ hot pow. Skin track ski out was pretty heinous!
Snowpack
- Depth
- 280
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- NE
- Site Elevation
- 1970
- Ski Penetration
- 15
- Test Initiation
- none
- Foot Penetration
- 35
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Surface Conditions
- crust
ECTN on a representative slope of the group’s line. See attached image for pit profile.
Avalanche
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- reverseLoadedSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 2
- Slab Thickness
- 30
- Trigger Sub Type
- intentional
- Start Zone Aspect
- NE
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Start Zone Incline
- 30
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2000
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-01-20T22:00:00.000Z
Group was aware of a potential windslab problem on this line. 1st skier ski cut a size 2 on steep unsupported terrain at the entrance of the line. Second skier rode to a lower angle entrance skiers left, also ski cut and got caught in a second slide, size 2. They were able to stay on their feet, self extricate and sustained no injuries.