Northern Purcells
Incidentsteve.tersmette · Apr 4, 2022 · West Purcell
Quick report
- Weather
- stormy, warm, cloudy
- Ride Type
- openTrees, mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, steepSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- heavy, deepPowder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow
Observations from Monday Apr 5. Woke up to 30-40cm of new snow, higher in wind-loaded areas. Another 10 throughout the day. Remote and direct triggering of small avis, even in mellow and treed terrain. The new storm snow was sliding right down to the sun/melt-freeze crust. Super touchy and highly reactive, very spooky especially with the poor visibility.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -4
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedStrong
- Blowing Snow
- moderate
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Snowfall Rate
- 1
- Wind Direction
- W
- New Snow24 Hours
- 30
- Storm Snow Amount
- 30
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 30
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- leeSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Slab Thickness
- 50
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- SE
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab, stormSlab
- Crust Near Weak Layer
- 1
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2200
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- stormSnow
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2022-04-04T12:00:00
Incident
- Group Size
- 3
- Terrain Trap
- noTrap
- Group Activity
- skiing
- Number Injured
- 0
- Number Involved
- 0
- Number Caught Only
- 0
- Number Fully Buried
- 0
- Snow Depth Trigger Point
- average
- Terrain Shape Trigger Point
- convex
- Number Partly Buried Able Breathing
- 0