MCP - Equinox
Avalanchenifameli · Mar 5, 2022 · Duffey
Quick report
- Weather
- sunny
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, alpineSlopes, steepSlopes, denseTrees, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, powder
We ascended from Cerise Creek on a cloudless day, starting at 8:40 am. Temperature at 7:30 am was about -8 C, but likely up to 0 C through the trip duration. Crusty and hard for the first 40 min or so past Cayoosh Creek to about 1250 m elevation. Then softer and powdery from about 1500 m and higher. Stopped at about 2100 m due to lack of ice axe and crampons. Skied Equinox all the way into the gully to the uphill track.
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- clear
- Wind Direction
- NE
- Precipitation Type
- none
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 300
- Slab Width
- 100
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Avalanche Size
- 1.5
- Slab Thickness
- 20
- Start Zone Aspect
- N, NE
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Avalanche Character
- looseDry
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2000
- Avalanche Observation
- 24to48hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2022-03-05T19:00:00.000Z
Noticed a size-1 loose dry avalanche (pictured) from about a day earlier from far away. It looked shallow, but hard to tell from our position. Further down and much to the left there was a second similar loose dry, but wider and longer, release; size 1.5. Depth, width and length reported are very rough estimates.