Churchill Slide Paths
Quick reporttimsjohnson · Mar 4, 2024 · Yukon
Quick report
- Weather
- cold
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSound
We minimized overhead hazard by staying far climbers right along the trim line to 1800m when we entered the trees between the north and south path, which are are well spaced and make for easy skinning with no overhead hazard rather than staying in the path. We had numerous whumpfs and shooting cracks and were cautious on any steep terrain, even below tree line.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 155
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- E
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 2200
- Ski Penetration
- 30
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Foot Penetration
- 100
- Cracking Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Depth
- 70
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Whumpfing Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets
ECTP 29 down 70cm above the Feb 3rd Crust on 4F facets. HS 155cm at 2100m treeline. Mid pack is 1F. Lower snowpack is F depth hoar.
Avalanche
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Avalanche Size
- 2.5
- Start Zone Aspect
- NE, SE
- Avalanche Character
- deepPersistentSlab, persistentSlab
- Crust Near Weak Layer
- 1
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2300
- Avalanche Observation
- moreThan48hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- surfaceHoarAndFacets
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-02-29T19:00:00.000Z
Two Natural Avalnches from the Feb 29th storm on Churchill. The north path went size 3 to mid avalanche path running from ridgetop. It looked like it ran on deep persistent facets and depth hoar. The south path went size 2 just to the lookers left of the tree triangle ridge. This looked like it ran above the early Feb layer. I even found preserved surface hoar to size 3mm attached to an ice layer in a quick fracture line profile.