Remote Windslab - she's touchy!
Quick reportA.Mason · Dec 18, 2024 · Sea To Sky
Quick report
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected, crusty, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSound
Rode off of third knoll with a group of four. While traversing skiers right along the top of the lower pitch, we remoted a small windslab from about 4 meters away. Size 1, on the Dec 7th crust. Slab consisted of 10cms of low density snow from the past 24 hours, and another 15cms of denser snow (buried windslab). We rode the lower angle terrain out to valley bottom. On our way back up we experienced numerous whumpfs and shooting cracks in low angle terrain where recent northerly winds have deposited snow.
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Wind Direction
- NE
- New Snow24 Hours
- 10
- Storm Start Date
- 2024-12-17
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Snowing lightly on and off throughout the day with very little accumulation. Band of freezing fog hanging in areas BTL.
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- W, NW
- Site Elevation
- 1150
- Cracking Observed
- 1
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- facets, newSnow, crust
- Whumpfing Observed
- 1
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 30
- Slab Width
- 10
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Slab Thickness
- 25
- Trigger Sub Type
- remote
- Start Zone Aspect
- NW
- Trigger Distance
- 4
- Vegetation Cover
- sparseTrees
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab
- Crust Near Weak Layer
- 1
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1120
- Weak Layer Burial Date
- 2024-12-07
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- facets
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-12-18T20:30:00.000Z