Mt.Keenan Sz2 Wet Loose

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, sunny, warm

Ride Type

denseTrees, mellowSlopes

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes, steepSlopes, sunnySlopes

Riding Quality

terrible

Snow Conditions

crusty, heavy, wet

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionTemp

Snow had icy crust in the morning which quickly warmed and softened. In morning, select open glades did have 3-5mm Surface Hoar. Snowshoe day in trees and looking at a Size 2 natural Wet Loose avalanche debris in the North Bowl of Mt. Keenan (beside Sasquatch Mountain Resort). Height of Snow ranged from 120-200cm in the trees at 1050-1150m. Snowpack is fully saturated with lots of rain runnels.

Weather

Rainfall Rate

drizzle

Sky Condition

brokenClouds

Temperature Trend

rising

Precipitation Type

none

Avalanche

Run Length

185

Slab Width

30

Trigger Type

natural

Avalanche Size

2

Start Zone Aspect

N, NW

Vegetation Cover

sparseTrees

Start Zone Incline

45

Avalanche Character

looseWet

Number Of Avalanches

1

Start Zone Elevation

1290

Runout Zone Elevation

1125

Avalanche Observation

moreThan48hrsAgo

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2026-01-12T10:15:00.000Z

Natural Wet Loose, Size 2. Suspected to have slid during heavy rain on Sunday or Monday. Start zone indicates water run-off from a steep chute on the North side of Mt. Keenan. 185 meter length, 30m width, 250cm depth at deposition zone. Toe of avalanche just reaching small trees at bottom of the bowl.