GADSAR Winter Training Trip Sentry Hut
Quick reporttrainingofficer · Nov 24, 2025 · Lizard-Flathead
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, sunny
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, openTrees, sunnySlopes
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow
The Golden and District Search and Rescue team has been up at Sentry Lodge refreshing avalanche rescue and winter skills. We arrived Nov 21st at the start of the storm and have been skiing mellow alpine slopes and glades. We have also been refreshing our AvSAR response and patient care in winter environments.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -5
- Max Temp
- -2
- Min Temp
- -5
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedModerate
- Blowing Snow
- moderate
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Snowfall Rate
- 1
- Wind Direction
- W
- New Snow24 Hours
- 38
- Storm Start Date
- 2025-11-21
- Storm Snow Amount
- 46
- Temperature Trend
- falling
- Precipitation Type
- snow
The storm has finished with a drop in temperature. Winds remained light to moderate from the West. Up to 46cm of snow fell in the storm and is settling quickly.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 130
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- SE, SW, W
- Site Elevation
- 2100
- Ski Penetration
- 48
- Foot Penetration
- 64
- Site Elevation Band
- alp, tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
50cm of recent storm snow buries the Nov19 melt freeze crust below 2200m and above this elevation a progressively resistant snowpack to ground. There was moderate wind loading in lee alpine ridge features. No notable weak layers found in profiles so far.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 300
- Slab Width
- 50
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- leeSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 2
- Slab Thickness
- 60
- Trigger Sub Type
- intentional
- Start Zone Aspect
- NE
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Start Zone Incline
- 31
- Avalanche Character
- stormSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2300
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 2100
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2025-11-23T19:15:00.000Z
Skier stomping on a wind loaded pocket. Rapid propagation of storm slab. Ran on old surface. Rapid wind loading occurring on the slope.