JRoper

Quick report

Weather

warm, foggy, cloudy, stormy, windy, wet

Ride Type

openTrees

Stayed Away

convexSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

terrible

Snow Conditions

heavy, wet, crusty

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound, avalancheConditionTemp

Passing on a walk up to Boston Falls on account of the soggy weather, my partner and I went for a stroll to see the ice at Switchback on Mt Washington in all the wind and snow. On the approach I observed an open isolated feature that sent a .5 wet slide about 30m. There was a second one on the same NE aspect bit further down. Very heavy snow that was balling underfoot, and flat light made the walk sporty in all the micro terrain. The wet slab failed on a crust 40cm down that had two distinct layers of 20cm each, the two most recent storms. Wind affect, MFcr, transport, ice pellets, fog very high winds, punchy snow, activity, and even a large woomph down by the road on the way out, this day had it all. Of note, CVSAR will be in here Feb 20 practicing rescue drills. ⛑️

Avalanche

Run Length

30

Slab Width

20

Trigger Type

natural

Slab Thickness

40

Start Zone Aspect

NE

Vegetation Cover

sparseTrees

Start Zone Incline

35

Avalanche Character

wetSlab, stormSlab

Crust Near Weak Layer

1

Number Of Avalanches

2-5

Start Zone Elevation

1100

Runout Zone Elevation

1100

Avalanche Observation

12to24hrsAgo

Start Zone Elevation Band

btl

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2025-02-19T18:00:00.000Z