Crowfoot Glades
Quick reportsprockter · Jan 29, 2024 · West Side 93N
Quick report
- Weather
- warm, wet
- Ride Type
- openTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- heavy, wet
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSound, avalancheConditionTemp
Mixed precipitation at Bow Summit this morning created challenging snow and avalanche conditions in the field. Several Na to sz 2 were witnessed off Crowfoot Mtn. with heavy, wet snow to 2300m. TP @2,200m revealed a CTV (SP) and ECTP5 dn 40 on FC 2.0mm. HS 110. Snowpack is very weak and facetted.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- 1
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Rainfall Rate
- drizzle
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
- New Snow24 Hours
- 5
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- mixedSnowRain
1.5C temp taken at 15:30 @ 1900m
Snowpack
- Depth
- 110
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- NW
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 2200
- Test Initiation
- easy
- Foot Penetration
- 100
- Test Failure Depth
- 40
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Whumpfing Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets
CTV dn 40 on FC 2.0mm ECTP5 dn 40 on FC 2.0mm 0-20cm: F 21-40cm: 1f- 41+: 4F-
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 200
- Slab Width
- 80
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Avalanche Size
- 2
- Slab Thickness
- 50
- Start Zone Aspect
- N
- Avalanche Character
- persistentSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2200
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 2000
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- facets
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-01-28T19:00:00.000Z
Several Na LW to sz 1.5 also observed in the area.