Brockton Point

Avalanche

tyler.l.knowles · Feb 15, 2021 · North Shore

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Quick report

Weather
wet, stormy, warm, cloudy
Ride Type
mellowSlopes, denseTrees
Stayed Away
steepSlopes, convexSlopes
Riding Quality
OK
Snow Conditions
heavy, wet, powder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionTemp, avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound

The avy conditions seemed to be around moderate/considerable at treeline earlier in the day. There weren’t any signs of instability (recent avys, shooting cracks, wumphing) until around 2:00 ish when it started feeling really warm and avy conditions got pretty spicy. A natural avy cycle started up and just about every slope over 35° slid. Most were pretty small (sz. 0.5-1) but we saw a few 1.5s.