In the Fish Bowl

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, stormy, windy

Ride Type

mellowSlopes

Stayed Away

steepSlopes, convexSlopes, alpineSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

windAffected, powder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab

We went out for a mellow walk in Fish Bowl today. There was lots of previous avalanche activity to look at. Multiple debris piles in the bottom of Fish Bowl to size 2-2.5 from Ridge 2000 appearing to be a range of 3+ days old to within the previous 24 hours. There also appeared to be large cornice chunks that had fallen and were laying just below the head wall. Winds were variable throughout the day, prominently NW in the morning but changing to SW by late afternoon. It was lightly snowing mostly in the form of graupel, which had accumulated up to 5cms in spots. The graupel made the ski quality feel improved and was also running as low hazard loose dry in steeper spots. We spotted a size 1.5-2 natural avalanche that looked to be on the Jan 25 persistent layer. It was on a steep TL/BTL feature on a NE aspect around 1500 m (pictured). A quick dig on a similar aspect on Ridge 2000 revealed to Jan 25 crust to be down 70 cms, but stubborn to test results. There was facets above the crust here but no surface hoar.

Weather

Wind Speed

windSpeedModerate

Blowing Snow

light

Sky Condition

overcast

Snowfall Rate

1

Wind Direction

NW

Temperature Trend

steady

Precipitation Type

snow

Avalanche

Slab Width

30

Trigger Type

natural

Wind Exposure

crossLoadedSlope

Avalanche Size

2

Slab Thickness

60

Start Zone Aspect

NE

Vegetation Cover

sparseTrees

Start Zone Incline

40

Avalanche Character

persistentSlab

Crust Near Weak Layer

1

Number Of Avalanches

1

Start Zone Elevation

1500

Weak Layer Burial Date

2021-01-26T06:34:00.000Z

Avalanche Observation

12to24hrsAgo

Weak Layer Crystal Type

surfaceHoarAndFacets

Start Zone Elevation Band

tln

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2021-02-21T13:00:00