Marriott Basin/ Wendy Thompson
Avalanchejdentwistle · Feb 2, 2020 · Duffey
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, sunny, cold
- Ride Type
- openTrees, mellowSlopes, sunnySlopes
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, alpineSlopes, steepSlopes, cutBlocks
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected, powder, crusty
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab
Great but conservative weekend up in the Marriott Basin/ Wendy Thompson Hut. Upwards of 140cm of new storm snow from the last system, with a total snowpack depth of 270-330cm. Great skiing above 1800m Tons of wind loaded east and northeast aspects - looked tempting but I wouldn't have touched them with a 1000 foot pole. The entire ridge (west aspect) from Rohr lake north to the hut appears to have slid naturally on Friday night/ Saturday morning. Sliding full path in many cases (including climax path), and stepping down to ground in many spots. Oh, and the ski out below 1700m was hands down the worst skiing I have experienced in my 30 years doing the sport...
Avalanche
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Avalanche Size
- 3.5
- Start Zone Aspect
- SW, E, NE, W
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab, deepPersistentSlab, persistentSlab, stormSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 6-10
- Avalanche Observation
- 24to48hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp, tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2020-02-01T02:01:00
Wind slab avalanches on eastern aspects to size 3 Size 3.5 deep persistent/ storm slab on western aspect north of Rohr lake