Berg Lake

Quick report

Weather

cloudy

Ride Type

cutBlocks, mellowSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

steepSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

wet

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionTemp

Weather

Wind Speed

windSpeedCalm

Blowing Snow

none

Rainfall Rate

drizzle

Sky Condition

fog

New Snow24 Hours

22

Precipitation Type

mixedSnowRain

Snowpack

Depth

170

Obs Type

point

Site Aspect

NE

Test Fracture

resistant

Site Elevation

1600

Test Initiation

hard

Test Failure Depth

33

Site Elevation Band

tln

Surface Conditions

newSnow

Test Failure Layer Crystal Types

other

22cm of new moist fist snow on a pencil MFcr. New snow was poorly bonded going as wet loose, no signs of slab instability. CTH3 PC down 33 in hardness change between MFcr and MFcl. Pit was 1m deep and all the layers were moist or wet, no signs of any preserved surface hoar or facets.

Avalanche

Run Length

150

Slab Width

40

Trigger Type

natural

Avalanche Size

2

Slab Thickness

20

Start Zone Aspect

SW

Vegetation Cover

openSlope

Start Zone Incline

40

Avalanche Character

looseWet

Crust Near Weak Layer

1

Number Of Avalanches

11-50

Start Zone Elevation

1700

Runout Zone Elevation

1550

Avalanche Observation

12hrsAgo

Weak Layer Crystal Type

stormSnow

Start Zone Elevation Band

alp

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2024-01-03T18:30:00.000Z

Described avalanche was the largest we saw. Saw many (<10) smaller Na wet loose avalanches either recent in storm snow or witnessed.