Steamboat & Flat Tops
Avalanchepete scully · Jan 29, 2023 · Steamboat & Flat Tops
Weather
westerly wind loaded aspect
Snowpack
reactive upper 2ft of snow on Northerly aspect new storm sluffing and stepping down to yesterday's snow load making it total 1 to 2 ft in more loaded places.
Avalanche
this slide was triggered on a lead guide ski cut. it ran 200 ft and the debris did pile up into a terrain trap. the notable thing about this slide was that it seemed to be cross loaded because the crown drops from 2 ft to 1 from skiers right to left. so we are still noting the wind slab problem on the east facing.