Sick Day

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, stormy, warm

Snow Conditions

powder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSound

Hiked the Vista Lake trail to climb an alpine route on Unnamed, a sub-peak on Storm Mountain. Approx. 30cm base over rocks with small wind loaded pockets on east aspects. Observed cracking and whumpfing on the approach. It snowed all day, accumulating approx 8-10cm of new snow. We crossed one major avalanche slope that gets frequently loaded from sluffing, breaking through two obvious crusts, approx. 20cm and 30cm down. The ice was phenomenal! We rappelled before the bulk of the snowfall. This route is best done early season, before avalanche slopes reach threshold. Temps were quite warm, felt like -5C most of the day. Wind gusts picked up in the afternoon (3pm).

Snowpack

Depth

30

Obs Type

summary

Site Aspect

NE

Site Elevation

2400

Foot Penetration

30

Cracking Observed

1

Site Elevation Band

alp, btl

Surface Conditions

newSnow

Whumpfing Observed

1