Buck Lake slides
AvalancheMike B · Feb 4, 2023 · Maligne
Quick report
- Weather
- warm
- Ride Type
- steepSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSound
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
- Wind Direction
- SW
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- none
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- W
- Site Elevation
- 2100
- Ski Penetration
- 20
- Cracking Observed
- 1
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Whumpfing Observed
- 1
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 700
- Slab Width
- 20
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Wind Exposure
- crossLoadedSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 2
- Start Zone Aspect
- W
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Start Zone Incline
- 40
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab, corniceWithSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2300
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1900
- Avalanche Observation
- 24to48hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2023-02-04T21:00:00.000Z
Looked like soft windslab triggered by cornice fall. Deposited snow far up in the track all the way down to runout, mostly <1m. Had a small sz 1 Sa triggered in similar but smaller gulley that just picked up soft surface snow and ran with it approx 250m