Mellow pow farming and touchy surface hoar
Quick reportJono_Doherty · Mar 22, 2025 · North Bulkley
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 60
- Slab Width
- 100
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- leeSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 2
- Slab Thickness
- 20
- Trigger Sub Type
- remote
- Start Zone Aspect
- N
- Trigger Distance
- 15
- Vegetation Cover
- sparseTrees
- Start Zone Incline
- 30
- Avalanche Character
- persistentSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1800
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1700
- Weak Layer Burial Date
- 2025-03-05
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- surfaceHoar
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2025-03-22T19:30:00.000Z
We saw a few fresh natural avalanches from the last few days on east and north aspects and therefore farmed mellow slopes. This slab was triggered from a distance of about 15 m while making an intentional ski cut along the top of the slope just below ridgeline.