Feather Bowl

Avalanche

martinrichard9 · Nov 17, 2019

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Quick report

Weather
wet, stormy, warm, cloudy
Ride Type
alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes
Riding Quality
Terrible
Snow Conditions
heavy, wet
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionTemp

- Heavy wet snow from the road to the notch. After the notch the snow quality improved a bit but still wet. - At 1400m, the snow depth was around 120cm. - We didn’t make it to Feather bowl due to poor visibility and stormy condition. - If the visibility was good, riding condition would have been ok. - There’s was a fine crust forming from the notch to the bowl due to colder and windy condition. - There was moderate to strong wind in the glacier area. - 3°c at road level

Weather

The wind was not steady. The wind was averaging light. There was moderate to strong wind in the glacier area.

Avalanche

Release intentionally (jump) a small loose wet avalanche in the Notch.