Egypt Lake Shelter
Avalancheagrasser82 · Mar 8, 2020 · Sunshine
Quick report
- Weather
- warm, cloudy, stormy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, denseTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, alpineSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionTemp
Our party of 5 departed for Egypt Lake Shelter on March 6th from the Sunshine Village parking lot. It took us approximately 7 hours to get to our destination. After a long day of constant snow fall and low visibility we decided to stay in for the night instead of trying to find some slopes. On March 6th, our party headed for the Pharoah Lake trees where we found some decent tree skiing. After that, a couple of us went to the Egypt Lake couloir and found some really nice turns. The new snow made for some really fun skiing, but we were cautious as our snowpack test showed weak layers at 55cm and 65cm. On March 8th we skied out with some sun and cooler temperatures.
Weather
- Max Temp
- 2
- Min Temp
- -15
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- light
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Snowfall Rate
- 1
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- snow
From the start of our trip (March 6th) to the morning of the 8th it didn't stop snowing. We didn't measure the total amount of snow that came down but Sunshine Village reported 43cm in 48hrs. We did measure approximately 1cm of snow per hour on the morning of the 7th at the shelter.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 195
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 1985
- Cracking Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Depth
- 55
- Site Elevation Band
- btl, tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
We dug a snow pit on an approximate 20° slope 200m away from the shelter. Our test showed a break at 55cm after 24 taps. A second break occured at 65cm on the same block. The snow felt sturdy on the ski up through the thick trees, but some cracking while in the couloir.
Avalanche
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Avalanche Character
- looseDry
- Avalanche Observation
- moreThan48hrsAgo
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2020-03-07T12:00:00
We observed many natural loose dry avalanches coming off Pharaohs Peak, Sphynx and a few other surrounding peaks.