Tent Ridge
Avalanchenatthegnat1411 · Jan 8, 2021 · Spray - KLakes
Quick report
- Weather
- cold
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -15
- Min Temp
- -20
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- light
- Sky Condition
- clear
- Wind Direction
- N
- New Snow24 Hours
- 30
- Storm Snow Amount
- 30
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- none
- Precipitation24 Hours
- 30
By now K-country has had winds up in the alpine for at least a month. I saw old avi debris covered with blown snow about 50m elev.gain higher.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 135
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- NE
- Site Elevation
- 2185
- Ski Penetration
- 30
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Test Failure Depth
- 12
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- stormSnow
CTE 5 (SC) and CTH 12 (SC) on storm snow, 75cm mid-pack was a solid 1F dense snow, base was all facets.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 200
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Wind Exposure
- windwardSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1.5
- Start Zone Aspect
- NE
- Avalanche Character
- stormSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2450
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 2250
- Avalanche Observation
- moreThan48hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2021-01-08T12:00:00
I do not know the date and time this avalanche came down but suspect between the December 22-23 storm and early January due to wind.