Red Mountain Danger Pow
Quick reportRVMGA · Dec 14, 2023 · McGregor
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy
- Ride Type
- convexSlopes, openTrees, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder, windAffected
Spent the last few days skiing up at Red Mountain Cabin. Decent coverage and skiing above the cabin with 130-190cm of snow with some variable wind effect. The snowpack dramatically dissipates below the cabin. The alders and hidden gems are alive and well.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 130
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- W
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 1700
- Ski Penetration
- 20
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Foot Penetration
- 45
- Test Failure Depth
- 30
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- surfaceHoar
Test profile on a west treeline start zone glade. We also dug on a North aspect as at treeline and had 190cm of snow depth . We didn’t observe or have any significant results in our pit.
Avalanche
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Wind Exposure
- leeSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1.5
- Vegetation Cover
- sparseTrees
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab
- Crust Near Weak Layer
- 1
- Number Of Avalanches
- 11-50
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1400
- Avalanche Observation
- 24to48hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- stormSnow
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2023-12-13T18:58:00.000Z
A wind slab cycle occurred in the past 24-48 hours. Any exposed steep slopes in open treeline. Mostly size 1 avalanches with one small size 2 observed. We investigated the interface and it seems to be bonding since the the cycle. A pit we dug we found surface hoar down 30 and suspect it may have been the culprit.