Trigger | Skier | Remote Trigger | 0 |
Avalanche Type | Unknown | Aspect | West |
Elevation | unknown | Slope Angle | unknown |
Crown Depth | unknown | Width | unknown |
Vertical Run | unknown |
stayed in Tincan trees, never went above tree line
Trigger | Skier | Remote Trigger | 0 |
Avalanche Type | Unknown | Aspect | West |
Elevation | unknown | Slope Angle | unknown |
Crown Depth | unknown | Width | unknown |
Vertical Run | unknown |
Slides early in the day had a crown and clean flanks, but ran like sluff. Later in the day they were entraining a lot more snow, and running much longer.
Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
The majority of hand pits failed on isolation in the new snow a few inches above the bed surface. I only checked two crowns and they were sliding on the bed or within one half inch of it. In the morning the snow wasn't cohesive enough to run far, but at 5pm almost everything was entraining a lot more snow. Every roll-over or steep I teased today ran.
Snow all day, started our cold and warmed throughout the day.
The trees skied well, but was pushing wedges of snow on the way out.