Larsen
Quick reportdrettie · Feb 10, 2024 · Sea To Sky
Quick report
- Weather
- warm
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, sunnySlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder, crusty
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound
Finally, snow! We got to Larsen mid day on Friday and rode some pretty crusty dust. We didn’t expect much for the weekend but we woke to fresh snow and clear-ish skies. We stayed clear of steep slopes and spread out over the hazards. A slab was remotely triggered by our group when the fracture connected with a convex roll. More details in avalanche tab Photo of the outhouse for reference of how low the snow is this year.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 10
- Slab Width
- 20
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- leeSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Slab Thickness
- 50
- Trigger Sub Type
- remote
- Start Zone Aspect
- W
- Trigger Distance
- 10
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Start Zone Incline
- 30
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab, stormSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 6-10
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1200
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- stormSnow
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-02-10T11:45:00.000Z
Remotely triggered avalanche by the first skier. We could see fresh avalanches across the valley in the sun exposed areas before we started skiing. The slope we skied was fairly low angle (15-20 degrees) with a convex slope nearby. We skiied one at a time and noticed the avalanche when we regrouped. We spaced out for the skin up. The storm Slab should settle in the coming days.