Quick Report

Quick report

Weather

sunny, warm

Ride Type

mellowSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes, sunnySlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder, windAffected

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound, avalancheConditionTemp

Beauty day to be out, checking on the home zone. The wind last week built new cornices and formed wind slabs at TL on E aspects. Wind effect extends well below tree line, and there were several trees down on the road in. ~10cm of new snow, less than reported further West. Ski quality was good in sheltered, low angle terrain, on E-NE aspects. Surface snow was becoming moist in the sun, and we saw numerous small wet loose avalanches from steep South facing terrain.

Weather

Avg Temp

0

Wind Speed

windSpeedLight

Blowing Snow

none

Sky Condition

clear

Wind Direction

SW

Storm Start Date

2026-02-26

Storm Snow Amount

10

Temperature Trend

rising

Precipitation Type

none

Snowpack

Depth

170

Obs Type

point

Site Aspect

E

Site Elevation

2300

Cracking Observed

1

Test Failure Depth

45

Site Elevation Band

tln

Surface Conditions

variable

Whumpfing Observed

1

Test Failure Layer Crystal Types

crust, facets

Cornice drop onto 35+ degree slope. Produced a large crack, ~20m long, but no avalanche. The failure plane was facets on a melt-freeze crust down 45cm. At this location (E aspect, 2300m) top 5cm becoming moist. Mid-Feb persistent weak layer is down 45cm soft and consists of 1cm of facets (2mm) on a 2-3cm thick melt-freeze crust. Total height of snow was 170cm.