Teddy Bear Trees to Grizzly Bowl West
Snowpackkentbernadet · Dec 4, 2022 · Glacier
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, sunny
- Ride Type
- steepSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- powder
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Sky Condition
- clear
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- none
Snowpack
- Depth
- 140
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- E
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 2111
- Test Initiation
- easy
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- depthHoar, crust
Looking across Grizzly Bowl, towards Grizzly Shoulder cliff band noticed solar affect triggering snow release from exposed rock. Tree bombs letting go adjacent to our location. Snowpack hand sheer test resulted in sudden planar sheer at 80 cm from ground. At steeper angled slopes (30-35°), even in glades at the start of decent released significant sloughing of top storm layer.