Riders on the storm
Quick reportShe Shreds Mountain Adventures · Nov 23, 2024 · North Rockies
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, stormy
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder, powder, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab
Powing! Early season is delivering the goods! Early season hazards are still lurking with open creeks and stumps! Storm slab is producing moderate results in test pit (see snowpack obs). Visibility was too poor to observe quality observations in the distance. Freezing level was sitting at about 1500m.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 145
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- SW
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 2200
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Sled Penetration
- 50
- Test Failure Depth
- 20
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- surfaceHoar
The top 20cm of newest storm snow is sitting on a small layer of surface hoar and is the most reactive producing moderate sudden collapse results. The top 50cm is sitting on a crust and is producing hard sudden planar results. The rest of the snowpack is generally well consolidated with a right side up snowpack. The Nov 11 melt freeze crust is sitting 115cm down.