Chutes up Parkers/Athabasca
Quick reportMike B · Dec 1, 2024 · Yukon
Quick report
- Weather
- windy
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow
Lots of refill over 3hrs in old paths we saw. Wind mostly scouring. Wanted to ski steep N aspect but didn't look good and left to a cruisy trail down. Parkers is in rough shape compared to a week ago
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedStrong
- Blowing Snow
- intense
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
- Wind Direction
- SW
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- none
Consistent strong winds extreme gusts. Absolutely blasting facets up the slope. Large portions of main runs at Parkers stripped back to crust near ground or hard surfaces
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 70
- Slab Width
- 100
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Wind Exposure
- leeSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 2
- Start Zone Aspect
- NE, S
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Avalanche Character
- persistentSlab, windSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Avalanche Observation
- 12to24hrsAgo
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-12-02T17:00:00.000Z
2 avalanches in relatively low angle terrain low down on Parker's Ridge NE ish aspects, maybe size 2 by mass from wide propagation. Another from S facing alpine higher up off the back of Athabasca that we could only see the debris for. Observed form a distance but probably sz 2