Quick report
- Cracking
- specific
- Collapsing
- specific
Snow/wind event. Sensitive soft storm slab release on small convexity.
Weather
- Air Temp
- 24
- Cloud Cover
- overcast
- Wind Loading
- moderate
- Recent Snowfall
- 30
- Snow Avail For Transport
- moderate amounts
Snowing with strong forecasted WSW winds starting to show by 1330
Snowpack
Sensitive soft storm slab sliding on firm sun crust at 9,400’ on SSE aspects
Avalanche
- Size
- D1 R1
- Type
- SS
- Aspect
- SE
- Trigger
- AR
- Elevation
- 9400 ft
Took the pow surf up Mt. Glory bootpack and dropped into Twin Slides from the lower step (60 meters below the Gas-X cannon). Sussed out the pack quickly on foot and did not note any wind slab quality. The small convexity ripped out immediately as I dropped in (R1-D1 Soft Slab) 20 meters wide and slid for 80 meters with crown measuring 20-40cm. The forecasted strong WSW wind was starting to pick up as I ascended the bootpack, subsequently loading the SSE aspect that slid. Small slide but I would be suspicious of any and all convexities above 8k on the easterly side of the rose as we continue to see more of this prolonged snow/wind event