Allen Creek Reloaded Again!
Avalanchecurtis · Mar 12, 2016 · Premier
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, sunny
- Ride Type
- convexSlopes, openTrees, mellowSlopes, alpineSlopes, denseTrees
- Stayed Away
- sunnySlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected, deepPowder, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow
Another amazing day in the alpine. 30cms overnight with a complete reload of the main managed area. Minor wind affect in the open windward features although the lee asp did not slab up on the surface. No major avalanche activity noticed, although several sz1 natural on steep lee features in upper alpine.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 295
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- NE
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 2100
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Foot Penetration
- 55
- Cracking Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Depth
- 40
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- stormSnow
Repeatable moderate #2 on lee northerly asp on new storm snow. ECTN
Avalanche
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Wind Exposure
- leeSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Slab Thickness
- 20
- Start Zone Aspect
- N, NE
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Start Zone Incline
- 40
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2200
- Avalanche Observation
- 12to24hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2016-03-11T13:05:00