Free Ice Cream at Ravens

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, foggy, warm, wet

Ride Type

mellowSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

terrible

Snow Conditions

heavy, wet

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionTemp

Rain rain has yet to fully go away, but above ~1550m it turned to snow! We poked our noses up the Asulkan trail despite sustained liquid sunshine from the trailhead. Conditions treeline and below are to be expected: 20-30cm of rain soaked ice cream snow remains reactive in various hand shear tests with evidence of small loose-wet avalanches and tree bomb debris almost everywhere the eye could see on a flat light and foggy day. A few photos of notable slides. Despite evidence of a lot of activity below treeline, no evidence of larger slab avalanches were observed on Ravens or nearby slopes at higher elevations (though visibility was impeded significantly by snow and fog). A test pit produced inconsistent results (see Snowpack Obs), but indicated that instability still very much exists despite falling temperatures. Surface accumulation was ~1cm of somewhat dry (in comparison) snow by about 12:30pm. Travel conditions were difficult today, skin wax is advised. I suspect as FL continues to drop avy and tree bomb debris will freeze and be cause for significant hazard until enough precip falls to cover them. Be careful out there!

Weather

Avg Temp

0

Wind Speed

windSpeedCalm

Rainfall Rate

showers

Sky Condition

overcast

Snowfall Rate

1

Temperature Trend

falling

Precipitation Type

mixedSnowRain

Snowpack

Depth

150

Obs Type

point

Site Aspect

SW, W

Test Fracture

sudden

Site Elevation

1670

Test Initiation

easy

Foot Penetration

70

Site Elevation Band

btl

Surface Conditions

newSnow

Test Failure Layer Crystal Types

other

CT results, inconsistent: CTV (SP) down 100cm, CTE2 (SP) down 7cm, CTH21 (SP) down 48cm.

Avalanche

Trigger Type

natural

Wind Exposure

noWindExposure

Avalanche Size

1

Start Zone Aspect

E, N, SW, W

Vegetation Cover

sparseTrees

Avalanche Character

looseWet

Number Of Avalanches

6-10

Start Zone Elevation

1400

Avalanche Observation

12to24hrsAgo

Start Zone Elevation Band

btl

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2024-02-02T19:00:00.000Z