Touchy Conditions at Tszil
Quick reporttarfeef101 · Jan 1, 2024 · Duffey
Quick report
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, openTrees, mellowSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder, crusty
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab
Forest to the lakes was terrible, icy enough to use crampons. Crossed the 3rd lake, though in the middle of the night. Above was dust on crust, but enough to enjoy. See snow/avy tabs for danger signs on the alpine steeps
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- N, NW
- Test Fracture
- unevenBreak
- Site Elevation
- 2100
- Ski Penetration
- 5
- Test Initiation
- veryEasy
- Test Failure Depth
- 10
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- crust
New snow reacted to 3 finger taps on a column test, below the crust required full arm swings. Both collapsed unevenly rather than cleanly breaking.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 40
- Slab Width
- 12
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Wind Exposure
- leeSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 2
- Slab Thickness
- 10
- Start Zone Aspect
- NW
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Avalanche Character
- stormSlab, windSlab
- Crust Near Weak Layer
- 1
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2100
- Avalanche Observation
- 12to24hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-01-01T08:00:00.000Z
Couple sz1-2 slides on the way up Tszil, still soft/from the last 24 hours and had minimal new snow on top. Probably wind/storm snow that ran on a hard and slick crust.