Heartstrings Instability
Quick reportdavegan · Mar 7, 2026 · Duffey
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, foggy, wet
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- wet
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp
Snowpack
- Depth
- 220
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- E, NE
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 2000
- Test Failure Depth
- 30
- Site Elevation Band
- alp, tln
- Surface Conditions
- variable
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets
Did a extended column test above the entrance to Heartstrings. Planar failure after 2 elbow taps. Failure was 30cm of wind loaded snow over a 2cm layer of sugary snow. Skied down the way we came and a size 1 wet loose avalanche had covered our skin track.
Avalanche
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Start Zone Aspect
- E
- Avalanche Character
- looseWet
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2026-03-07T22:00:00.000Z