Silverking Ridge
Quick reportlwaterer · Nov 15, 2024 · Ymir
Quick report
- Weather
- stormy
- Ride Type
- openTrees
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow
Whitewater snow safety was up Silverking Ridge today for a pre-season observation route. We kept to our assessment mindset given our high degree of uncertainty about conditions and the significant ongoing storm. We moved conservatively through the terrain and found some great early season skiing.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 81
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- SW
- Site Elevation
- 2050
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- stormSnow
We dug a test profile in Goat Trees in an open, treed slope. The snowpack depth was 81cm with an early November 2cm knife crust down 52cm. The snow above the crust was dry and was moist below. Compression tests had easy resistant planar results down 15cm and moderate sudden planar results down 41cm repeated, both within the storm snow.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 200
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Wind Exposure
- crossLoadedSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 2
- Start Zone Aspect
- SW
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Avalanche Character
- stormSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2100
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1900
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- stormSnow
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-11-14T20:00:00.000Z
Due to poor visibility we were unable to see the start zone but suspect the avalanches failed in the steep, planar start zone below the Goatslide head wall. We observed 2 size 2 natural avalanches that ran mid-path.