Hanging Lake

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, foggy, sunny

Ride Type

mellowSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

convexSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

crusty, heavy, powder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound

Made our way up to Hanging Lake. Coverage very low in trees until about 1050m (which has now been stomped out down to mud by everyone boot packing on the way down when the survival skiing got a little too exciting). Great coverage at the lake, immediately started feeling heavier and more consolidated as we made our way up to the ridge. A few quick hand shear tests gave way easily on a planar break ~20cm down. The only little convex roll we skied near the top slid on this layer. We also heard a couple whumpfs in protected flat spots in the trees near the ridge top.

Avalanche

Run Length

27

Slab Width

5

Trigger Type

skier

Avalanche Size

1

Slab Thickness

25

Trigger Sub Type

accidental

Start Zone Aspect

E

Vegetation Cover

sparseTrees

Start Zone Incline

32

Avalanche Character

stormSlab

Number Of Avalanches

1

Start Zone Elevation

1550

Weak Layer Burial Date

2024-11-16

Avalanche Observation

12hrsAgo

Start Zone Elevation Band

tln

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2024-11-17T21:06:00.000Z