West ridge
AvalancheJosh Bleackley · Mar 1, 2020 · Premier
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, warm
- Ride Type
- openTrees, alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab
Conditions were just below zero. Storm slabs present and releasing with very little effort on slopes above 30 degrees. Three individual size one slides with propagation. Approximately 20cms thick from the new snow on Friday and Saturday. Avoided open slopes following these releases.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -4
- Max Temp
- -4
- Min Temp
- -6
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- light
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
- Wind Direction
- E
- New Snow24 Hours
- 10
- Storm Start Date
- 2020-02-28T22:02:44.000Z
- Storm Snow Amount
- 30
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 150
- Slab Width
- 50
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- leeSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Slab Thickness
- 20
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- SE
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Start Zone Incline
- 35
- Avalanche Character
- looseDry, stormSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Weak Layer Burial Date
- 2020-03-01T21:52:18.000Z
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- stormSnow
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2020-03-01T10:00:00
Storm slab from Friday night and Saturday Day. Numerous point releases. Skiier triggered. Slow moving on fairly mellow open slope. Stuck to treed low angle slopes after the 3 point releases.