Whimster Hut North Glades

Quick report

Weather

warm, foggy, cloudy

Ride Type

mellowSlopes, denseTrees, openTrees

Stayed Away

steepSlopes, sunnySlopes, convexSlopes, alpineSlopes

Snow Conditions

heavy, wet

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound, avalancheConditionTemp

Arrived at Whimster hut (1550m) Monday afternoon. Temp was already rising, however there was wet snow falling that continued into the evening, which briefly changed to rain and then stopped before the sun rose. Rapid warming occurred Tuesday to at least 1860m, tree bombs everywhere. Skied the NW glades back to the hut, dug a pit on the way down (results below), and observed a wet slab avalanche on the opposite slope across the drainage (topo screen shot of start zone). Snow was skiing like decent spring mash potatoes. HS 215cm 215-200: moist snow 200-180: graupel (CTM 11, RP) 180-160: 4F slab 160: MFcr 160-150: 1F 150: MFcr (CTM 16, BRK) 150-130: 1F- 130: IFrc (CTH 20, RP) 130-to bottom: our laminates/dense midpack

Weather

Wind Speed

windSpeedLight

Blowing Snow

none

Sky Condition

fog

Wind Direction

SW

New Snow24 Hours

15

Storm Start Date

2026-01-12

Temperature Trend

rising

Precipitation Type

none

Precipitation24 Hours

2

Snowpack

Depth

215

Obs Type

point

Site Aspect

NW

Test Fracture

resistant

Site Elevation

1780

Test Initiation

moderate

Foot Penetration

40

Cracking Observed

1

Test Failure Depth

35

Site Elevation Band

tln

Surface Conditions

corn, variable

Whumpfing Observed

1

Test Failure Layer Crystal Types

other

Avalanche

Run Length

200

Slab Width

50

Trigger Type

natural

Wind Exposure

leeSlope

Avalanche Size

2.5

Slab Thickness

40

Start Zone Aspect

SW

Vegetation Cover

sparseTrees

Avalanche Character

wetSlab

Number Of Avalanches

1

Start Zone Elevation

1850

Runout Zone Elevation

1650

Avalanche Observation

12to24hrsAgo

Start Zone Elevation Band

tln

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2026-01-13T21:00:00.000Z