Paul ridge
Quick reportdeclan.taylor · Nov 24, 2024 · Garibaldi
Quick report
- Weather
- warm, cloudy
- Ride Type
- openTrees, mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- heavy, powder
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
- Precipitation Type
- none
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- N
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 1550
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Test Failure Depth
- 30
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- other, stormSnow
Unsure what the failure layer was, but 30cm of storm snow failed at CT21 on top of the weak layer beneath it.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 20
- Slab Width
- 15
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Avalanche Size
- 1.5
- Slab Thickness
- 20
- Start Zone Aspect
- N
- Vegetation Cover
- sparseTrees
- Avalanche Character
- stormSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1550
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1530
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-11-24T21:30:00.000Z
Observed debris of small 1.5 skier triggered avalanche based on adjacent ski tracks. Several other skier triggered class 1 storm releases on adjacent N facing parts of Paul Ridge just E of Round Mtn