Tryst Chutes and Superslope attempt
Quick reportwseah · Feb 18, 2024 · Spray - KLakes
Quick report
- Weather
- sunny
- Ride Type
- steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp
Skiied a few laps of Tryst Chutes today, 15-20cm of powder on top of a firm crust that were a bit tricky to manage high in the chutes. Once down into the trees the powder on crust skiied great. Lots of sluffing as to be expected, and by the end of the day most terrain except the more committing lines was tracked out. No other signs of instability, start zones were unreactive to ski-cutting and no slab properties noted on a few hand shears. At 1:30pm we tried to drop into Superslope, but the entrance was quite thin and rocky so we decided to try for the run skiiers left of it. By that time the sun was in full force, with surface droplets and lots of pinwheeling observed. The 15cm of surface snow consolidated and slid on the crust during the initial turn, and that was enough for us to back off and exit through Tryst. Huge temperature swings during the day, started at -22 leaving the car at 8:15, and was up to +3 by the time we arrived back at 3pm. Temperature on Tryst lake felt extremely cold, maybe -15 or so, compared to close if not above freezing at ridgetop. Sun started packing a punch by noon.
Avalanche
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Avalanche Character
- looseWet
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-02-17T17:00:00.000Z
Several sz 0.5-1 loose dry avalanches noted off steep S facing features off Tent Ridge, likely 24 hrs old, looked to be triggered by solar exposure on rocky cliffs. Also noted what looked like two fresh sz 1s off of the Fist, near the top of Superslope.