Sugar bowl

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, sunny, wet

Ride Type

openTrees

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder, wet

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionTemp

Warm weather conditions. Plus 1 at truck beginning of the day rising 2 to 4 degrees in afternoon. Wet snow conditions in trees until getting above 1250m. 10-15 cm of residual power on top of firm snow pack above 1250. No signs of instability in trees. The chute/slide area had several slides in and above the chute. Large release 0.75 to 1m in depth within the chute. Top 70 m of slide area was still holding snow. I avoided avalanche terrain and rode trees.

Weather

Avg Temp

1

Max Temp

4

Min Temp

-3

Wind Speed

windSpeedLight

Blowing Snow

none

Rainfall Rate

raining

Sky Condition

brokenClouds

Wind Direction

E

New Snow24 Hours

0

Storm Start Date

2026-01-11

Temperature Trend

rising

Precipitation Type

rain

Precipitation24 Hours

0

Warm, 1 degree in morning at parking lot getting up to 2-3 degrees during the afternoon. 5 pm at truck hard rains.

Snowpack

Depth

175

Obs Type

point

Site Aspect

N

Site Elevation

1600

Ski Penetration

8

Foot Penetration

8

Site Elevation Band

tln

Avalanche

Run Length

60

Slab Width

30

Trigger Type

natural

Wind Exposure

leeSlope

Avalanche Size

2

Slab Thickness

75

Trigger Sub Type

remote

Start Zone Aspect

N

Vegetation Cover

openSlope

Avalanche Character

deepPersistentSlab

Number Of Avalanches

1

Start Zone Elevation

1692

Avalanche Observation

12hrsAgo

Start Zone Elevation Band

alp, btl

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2026-01-09T17:27:00.000Z

0.75m to 1.0 m slab slide in chute. Top 75 m of snow still holding at top of slide/chute area. I avoided avalanche terrain.