Drumroll at Snowspider
Quick reportLuJo · Feb 19, 2024 · Cariboos
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, sunny
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, openTrees, mellowSlopes, cutBlocks, denseTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, sunnySlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder, crusty, windAffected, hard
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound, avalancheConditionSnow
Observed a few avalanches on our way into Snowspider Hut, via the vantage col: - Old size 2 wind slab along the skin track towards vantage col on an east aspect at roughly 1750m. - Size 4 as described in the pictures - Size 1 skier triggered as described in the avalanche section. Drum like sounds and shooting cracks in the alpine in wind slab pockets. Powder in sheltered and trees areas. Surface hoar growing happily in wind shelters areas throughout, about 1.5 cm. Generally very variable surface conditions in the alpine, mixing from supportive wind crust to cracking and unsupportive wind crust to powder and sun crust. The weak layer below the wind slab is present in widespread areas and does not show signs of healing despite solar being presented during the three days of our trip.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 15
- Slab Width
- 5
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- N
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab
- Crust Near Weak Layer
- 1
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1890
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-02-18T09:00:00.000Z
Triggered while skinning through a pocket of wind slab.