Tame dogging on the meadows
Quick reportemilefarrelldessureault · Mar 7, 2024 · Glacier
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, sunny, warm
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, openTrees, sunnySlopes
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, cutBlocks, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab
Went up hermit trail to the meadows, rode down on grizzly path. Snow was good, but sun crust around treeline.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 250
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- SE
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 2200
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Test Failure Depth
- 110
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets
Dug pits at 2200m on hermit meadows. Slope was around 25 degrees and SE facing. CTM to CTH drop down 110 cm on the crust from early feb. Also saw a sun crust down 80 cm which wasn't reactive. Tried an extended column test, didn't get any results. There was a small storm interface down 30 cm which failed on a test.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 70
- Slab Width
- 200
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Avalanche Size
- 2.5
- Slab Thickness
- 80
- Trigger Sub Type
- remote
- Start Zone Aspect
- SE
- Trigger Distance
- 50
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Avalanche Character
- persistentSlab
- Crust Near Weak Layer
- 1
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2300
- Weak Layer Burial Date
- 2024-02-03
- Avalanche Observation
- 24to48hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- facets
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-03-07T21:15:00.000Z
Saw two size 2 avalanches next to each others on the hermit meadows, could be a natural or a remotre trigger from ski tracks close. Most likely slab slipped two days ago