Pollywood
Avalanchesebycharest · Nov 7, 2022 · Shames
Quick report
- Weather
- sunny, cold, windy
- Ride Type
- openTrees, mellowSlopes, denseTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected, powder, crusty
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound, avalancheConditionSnow
Rode pollywood sunday and monday. Intense north east wind at all elevation bands and intense blowing snow from ridge top to valley bottom. Stiff windslabs forming at all elevation bands on west and south aspects.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -11
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedExtreme
- Blowing Snow
- intense
- Wind Direction
- NE
- Temperature Trend
- steady
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- SW
- Cracking Observed
- 1
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- facets, newSnow, crust, variable
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 15
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Wind Exposure
- crossLoadedSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1.5
- Slab Thickness
- 30
- Start Zone Aspect
- S
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2022-11-07T12:00:00
Observed a small start zone being cross loaded, as we were talking about it we watched it fail and run into valley bottom.