Kurzbericht

Slidetastic Conditions on 5040

sportnewkWest Island
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Quick report

Weather
cloudy, foggy, stormy, warm, wet, windy
Ride Type
mellowSlopes, openTrees, steepSlopes
Stayed Away
alpineSlopes, convexSlopes
Riding Quality
good
Snow Conditions
deepPowder, powder, wet
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionTemp

Another storm came through today starting at 10am bringing high winds (~60km/h) from the SW and heavy snow (~25cm). The snow stopped at 4pm and transitioned to a heavy mist which has started to soak the upper snowpack. Storm skiing was great in sheltered terrain below the alpine between 1350m and 990m elevation. Despite being heavy, the new snow was fun to ski. Numerous sz 1 slides were triggered on North slopes. The slides weren't propagating to lower layers, but instead sliding on last night's freeze crust and were only composed of today's storm slab. Biggest slide had a 30cm crown, 30m width, and ran 100m. Probed 2.3m @1130m elevation on North slope.

Avalanche

Trigger Type
skier
Avalanche Size
1
Start Zone Aspect
N
Vegetation Cover
sparseTrees
Avalanche Character
stormSlab
Crust Near Weak Layer
1
Number Of Avalanches
6-10
Avalanche Observation
12hrsAgo
Start Zone Elevation Band
tln
Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
2025-01-03T22:00:00.000Z

Occurred at treeline in open gladed terrain at various elevations between 1300m and 1150m.