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Quick reportspegler · Mar 24, 2025 · St. Mary
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy
- Ride Type
- openTrees, denseTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, convexSlopes, alpineSlopes, sunnySlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder, heavy, wet
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionTemp, avalancheConditionSlab
Skied amazing powder on Sunday March 25. 30+ cm of fresh snow. No signs of instability on Sunday. Monday morning woke up to 7cm of fresh snow, temperature was +2°C at 1800. Ventured up to the ski area and saw that a natural size 2.5 had released less than 12 hours ago. Snow quality on Monday was heavy and wet. Decided to head home.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 1000
- Slab Width
- 50
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Wind Exposure
- windwardSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 2.5
- Slab Thickness
- 100
- Start Zone Aspect
- SW
- Avalanche Character
- wetSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2500
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 2050
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2025-03-24T12:00:00.000Z
Natural release wet slab avalanche on SW aspect. Couldn’t see the crown due to cloud cover, but we suspect it released from an alpine start zone. Avalanche debris was 1-2m deep, spread out over 50+m. Debris went across and over a natural deep gully feature.