Blow Me Downs - Upper Bowl

Quick report

Weather

cloudy

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

crusty, hard, windAffected

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionTemp

Weather

Avg Temp

-7

Max Temp

2

Min Temp

-9

Wind Speed

windSpeedLight

Blowing Snow

light

Sky Condition

brokenClouds

Wind Direction

NW

New Snow24 Hours

10

Temperature Trend

falling

Precipitation Type

none

Snowpack

Depth

430

Obs Type

point

Site Aspect

E

Site Elevation

438

Foot Penetration

8

Site Elevation Band

alp

Surface Conditions

newSnow

High Avalanche hazard on Monday into Tuesday as well as extreme warm weather and a rain event, line up with the natural avalanches that were observed today. There is a widespread significant rain crust, around 25cm thick at 440m elevation. 5-10 cm of new snow, light winds, with poor bonding to new crust. The small amounts of snow are forming a soft wind slab on E facing slopes with very little snow left available for transport. Snow was nonreactive in tests today. Access to this terrain has seen some significant snow loss around moving water. Crossing the stream and ponds are still in good condition, with a little bit of slob.

Avalanche

Trigger Type

natural

Avalanche Size

2

Start Zone Aspect

S

Avalanche Character

persistentSlab, windSlab

Number Of Avalanches

2-5

Avalanche Observation

24to48hrsAgo

Start Zone Elevation Band

alp

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2026-03-09T02:30:00.000Z