Highwood Ridge
IncidentB Wolfe · Nov 4, 2020 · Highwood Pass
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, wet, windy, warm
- Riding Quality
- terrible
- Snow Conditions
- wet
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp
4c, light drizzle rain most of day, temperature dropping, increasing wind appeared to be turning to snow. North face about 75m from valley floor. 25cm-30cm wet snow, no surface crust, no interface. Compression test collapsed to ground at wrist tap #7
Weather
- Avg Temp
- 4
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Rainfall Rate
- raining
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- New Snow24 Hours
- 0
- Temperature Trend
- falling
- Precipitation Type
- mixedSnowRain
- Precipitation24 Hours
- 0
4c, dropping temperature and rising wind. Drizzle starting to include traces of snow.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 25
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- N
- Ski Penetration
- 10
- Foot Penetration
- 20
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Surface Conditions
- variable
No surface crust, no interface, collapsed to ground, no shear during wrist taps (7)
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 50
- Slab Width
- 10
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Start Zone Aspect
- NW
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Avalanche Character
- looseWet
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Avalanche Observation
- 12to24hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2020-11-04T14:00:00
Loose wet. <10m wide, <50m run. Start from exposed rock, NW aspect .sometime in previous 24-48 hours.
Incident
- Group Size
- 2
- Terrain Trap
- gullyDepression
- Group Activity
- skiing
- Snow Depth Trigger Point
- shallow
No incident.