Shovelnose trees

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lewis.clarey · Dec 15, 2024 · South Coast Inland

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Quick report

Weather
cloudy, cold, sunny
Ride Type
cutBlocks, denseTrees, mellowSlopes
Stayed Away
convexSlopes, steepSlopes, sunnySlopes
Riding Quality
amazing
Snow Conditions
powder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow

There was a surface rain crust over heavy snow down low but it was completely gone above around 1000m and above was excellent fresh powder. 40-80cm total snow from the weekend storm. No wind loading observed below the alpine. Though looked like signs of wind loading up higher.

Weather

Avg Temp
-5
Wind Speed
windSpeedCalm
Sky Condition
scatteredClouds
Temperature Trend
steady

Avalanche

Avalanche Size
2.5
Number Of Avalanches
2-5
Avalanche Observation
12hrsAgo
Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
2024-12-15T22:43:00.000Z

Signs of a few natural size 1 storm slabs in steep W facing elevation slopes in the alpine. One large approximately size 2.5 storm slab around 250m wide on the SW side of Mt Fee.