Japan Trees
AvalancheNL Field Team · Feb 26, 2021 · Gros Morne
Quick report
- Weather
- stormy, windy, cold
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, alpineSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab
30+cm of new storm snow in the last 24hrs. Rapid loading on South to East facing slopes from steady NW winds all day.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -9
- Max Temp
- 2
- Min Temp
- -10
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedModerate
- Blowing Snow
- intense
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Wind Direction
- NW
- New Snow24 Hours
- 30
- Storm Start Date
- 2021-02-25
- Storm Snow Amount
- 30
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Steady Moderate NW winds all day.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 25
- Slab Width
- 25
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- leeSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Trigger Sub Type
- intentional
- Start Zone Aspect
- E, SE, S
- Vegetation Cover
- sparseTrees
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab, corniceWithSlab, stormSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- stormSnow
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2021-02-26T15:30:00.000Z
Wind loaded(lots of new snow on the move), convex or steep start zones. Touchy soft slabs and cornice failures. We repeated these intentional triggers, on small, supported slopes. S-E aspects, 400-500m