Lots of snow, low angles, great weather
Quick reportsaxon.g · Jan 6, 2024 · Harrison-Fraser
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, sunny
- Ride Type
- sunnySlopes, mellowSlopes, denseTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab
Great mellow day at shovelnose. Was able to drive to around 600m, easy skinning from there. Looked like some natural avalanches on the west aspect of the ridge just east of Fee.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -4
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- clear
- Storm Start Date
- 2024-01-04
- Storm Snow Amount
- 65
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- none
Snowpack
- Depth
- 140
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- S
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 1719
- Ski Penetration
- 25
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Foot Penetration
- 56
- Test Failure Depth
- 17
- Site Elevation Band
- tln, alp
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
CTM14 down 17 on south aspect. 65cm of low density storm snow on top Dec crust observed to be 10cm thick
Avalanche
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Avalanche Size
- 2
- Start Zone Aspect
- W
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab, stormSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1900
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-01-05T20:00:00.000Z