Cats, no socks
Quick reportsebycharest · Dec 6, 2023 · Shames
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, sunny, cold
- Ride Type
- sunnySlopes, steepSlopes, mellowSlopes, denseTrees, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder, powder, crusty, wet
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound
Good day out there, superb snow quality above 1000m with 10+cm of cold, dry snow overlaying the previous days storm snow. Below 1000m varying surfaces of melt freeze crusts and unconsolidated snow on top of wet, heavy and grabby snow.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 160
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- E, SW
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 1180
- Ski Penetration
- 25
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Foot Penetration
- 40
- Test Failure Depth
- 40
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Whumpfing Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- stormSnow
Dug two pits at similar elev (1180, 1160) on a E and SW aspects. No dogs 1160m E asp CT 15 SC down 40cm on MF CT 17 SC down 40cm on MF Top of cats 1180 m W asp CT 20 SP down 45cm on needles and rimed stellars 2-3mm CT 20 SP down 45cm on needles and rimed stellars 2-3mm Obvious density change here Snow above this layer is 1F and this 1-2cm thick layer is 4F.
Avalanche
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Wind Exposure
- leeSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 2.5
- Start Zone Aspect
- E
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Avalanche Character
- stormSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1350
- Avalanche Observation
- 24to48hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2023-12-05T08:00:00.000Z
Large storm slab observed in Thunder Bowl. Seems to have released during the storm cycle.