Bow Summit
Avalanchemaxopatril · May 3, 2022 · West Side 93N
Quick report
- Weather
- warm, cloudy, sunny
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, alpineSlopes, sunnySlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- terrible
- Snow Conditions
- wet, crusty, heavy
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp
Bow Summit: Snowpack test at 2223m, 11:00am, 3degrees, partly cloudy, on North-Facing slopes. Pencil crust, settled snowpack with large grains of snow. Moist under crust. Upper crust breaking and cracking under feet. By 1:00 saw evidence of many new wet loose slides on steeper slopes, and witnessed several from afar.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- 3
- Max Temp
- 13
- Min Temp
- -2
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- scatteredClouds
- New Snow24 Hours
- 0
- Storm Snow Amount
- 0
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- none
- Precipitation24 Hours
- 0
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- N
- Site Elevation
- 2220
- Ski Penetration
- 10
- Test Initiation
- easy
- Foot Penetration
- 26
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- crust
Avalanche
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Wind Exposure
- noWindExposure
- Avalanche Size
- 2
- Start Zone Aspect
- N
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Avalanche Character
- looseWet
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1995
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp, tln, btl
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2022-05-03T17:54:00.000Z