Steep Creek

Quick report

AitorA · Jan 18, 2021 · Duffey

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Quick report

Weather
cold, sunny
Ride Type
mellowSlopes, denseTrees, openTrees
Stayed Away
alpineSlopes, convexSlopes
Riding Quality
OK
Snow Conditions
crusty, hard, windAffected

Rain crust from last week is noticeable up to around 1600m. Skiing is ok above that elevation and in sheltered slopes but overall really variable and wind affected. We didn't see signs of instablility on W-N aspects at treeline. There is obvious signs of a natural wet cycle from early last week as well as a Natural Cornice release from the last 72h.

Snowpack

36 degree slope. CTM 13 (SP) and CTH 22 (SP) down 83cm on Dec 09 crust/facets. ECTN We also found near surface facets that produced one easy result.

Avalanche

Na Cornice release that nearly reached the lake. It looks like there was not big entrainment or any deep slab trigger.