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Sled Remote - Partial Burial

Published
Mar 15th, 2025 1:30 PM
403johns
West Purcell
Details

Type

quick

Coordinates

51.135040, -117.080650

Quick Observation
Todays travel philosophy for our group of 2 was making conservative choices in low angle terrain. We were only exposing ourselves to features that had already run during the previous storm cycle or which were small and isolated enough to not pose a threat.
Avalanche Information
Uncertain on weak layer burial date or whether or not a crust was present due to inaccessibility of the start zone. Presumably failed on the January drought layer.
Weather
Clement weather with periods of sun and temperatures just below freezing.
Snowpack
The upper snowpack has an approximately 60cm deep F to 1F slab above a very weak and upside down feeling mid pack. This slab is supportive to sled traffic but becomes obvious when attempting to travel on foot. Recent avalanche activity aside there were no other obvious signs of instability.
Incident
Photos (2)
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