Look out col
Avalancheevianmullen · Feb 5, 2018 · Glacier
Quick report
- Weather
- foggy, cloudy
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, denseTrees, steepSlopes
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -9
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Wind Direction
- SW
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- SW
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 2160
- Test Initiation
- easy
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- stormSnow
Directly on look out col facing SW on the lee ward side, there was results of CTM 11 SP 55cm down on a storm slab. The purpose of this test was to see how reactive the wind/storm slab on the col.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 35
- Slab Width
- 40
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Avalanche Size
- 1.5
- Slab Thickness
- 50
- Start Zone Aspect
- NW
- Avalanche Character
- stormSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Avalanche Observation
- 12to24hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp, tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2018-02-03T09:22:00