Rummel Lake- Low Angle Tree Snoodeling
WeatherNeilF · Feb 24, 2021 · Spray - KLakes
Quick report
- Weather
- stormy, cloudy, sunny
- Ride Type
- denseTrees, openTrees, mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab
Goal was low hazard low angle tree snoodeling for a casual day walking on skis. Walked up to lake and had some decent skiing between switchbacks on the ski back to the road. 20 cm ski pen off of a well tracked trail, low density snow in trees transitioning to increasingly dense at the lake. Multiple slab avalanche crowns/debris observed up to size 1.5, including one that broke at the base of some cliffs on a windloaded north facing slope and ran into the ice of Rummel Lake (photo). Blocky pencil hardness slab in debris.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -10
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- moderate
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Variable weather ranging from sunny to squally overcast with snow. Moderate to substantial wind transport observed at ridgetop.