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Avalanchepackedpow · Jan 8, 2021 · Sky Pilot
Quick report
- Weather
- warm, foggy, wet
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, denseTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder, heavy
Saw evidence of numerous previous slides, size ~2.5 debris pile on first photos. Most any open slope had a crown at the top buried but about 30cm of soft snow and debris pile. Sliding surface seemed to be rain crust maybe from Monday? A quick hand pit showed an easy shear above the crust. No fresh slabs observed, but some point releases and sluffing. Approach was a bit of a pain with numerous (20?) creeks across sky pilot road requiring various crossing techniques and wet snow adhering to skins until the end of the road elevation.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -1
- Rainfall Rate
- drizzle
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
- Snowfall Rate
- 1
- New Snow24 Hours
- 10
- Precipitation Type
- mixedSnowRain
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 100
- Slab Width
- 30
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Avalanche Size
- 2.5
- Slab Thickness
- 30
- Start Zone Aspect
- N
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Start Zone Incline
- 40
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1600
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1600
- Avalanche Observation
- 12to24hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2021-01-04T16:00:00
Unsure of Avalanche age or if hazard persisted. May have been induced by wet weather Mon, but debris piles were not ice chunks as may be expected