Atmospheric River Avalanches
Quick reportkeith · Jan 29, 2024 · Rossland
Quick report
- Weather
- foggy, sunny
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes
- Riding Quality
- terrible
- Snow Conditions
- heavy, wet
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab
AST 1 Group out in the field in Simple Terrain with High Danger. Observed avalanches (see Avalanche Tab). A video was also created and can be found at State of the Snowpack OR https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTMfxxWAPxAO0YNzwmS1SmA
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 198
- Slab Width
- 60
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Avalanche Size
- 2
- Slab Thickness
- 40
- Start Zone Aspect
- NE
- Vegetation Cover
- sparseTrees
- Start Zone Incline
- 38
- Avalanche Character
- wetSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2180
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 2017
- Avalanche Observation
- 12to24hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-01-29T19:00:00.000Z
Several size 1.5-2 avalanches mainly out of shallow rocky terrain (40+ degree). Difficult to see crowns, but guessing they would be classified as wet slabs.