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When the avalanches don’t care that we are experts.

Soumis par
jcoulter
Date d'observation
vendredi 14 décembre 2018 à 00 h 45
Localisation
49.478901° N 115.252385° W
Rapport concernant
  • Conditions de neige
Carte pour le rapport du Réseau d'information en montagne: When the avalanches don’t care that we are experts.

Conditions de neige

La qualité du hors-piste était:
Incroyable
Les conditions de neige étaient :
  • Poudreuse
Nous avons parcouru:
  • Pentes de faible inclinaison
  • Forêt dégagée
Nous sommes restés à l'écart de:
  • Pentes alpines
  • Pentes convexes
  • Pentes raides

Information

La journée était:
  • De tempête
Conditions d'avalanche
  • Avalanches de plaque datant d'aujourd'hui ou d'hier.
  • 30 cm + de neige fraîche ou transport important de neige par le vent ou pluie au cours des dernières 48 heures
  • Whoumfs ou bruits sourds ou fissures qui se propagent.

Commentaires

We knew that steep slopes would be primed for human triggering, and that we would have bad visibility as the storming (snow and wind) continued in the Lizard Range so we made a modest trip plan. As soon as we were on our skis we noticed shooting cracks on little convex features. We resolved to stay on terrain under 30 degrees. As we climbed to more open trees, the snow stiffened and we started to get some whumpfing (the sound of a weak layer collapsing). When the terrain steepened to over 30 degrees in front of us, we decided we had found our turn around point for today. Our snowpack tests showed good potential for avalanches 15-35cm deep. On our second lap we remote triggered 3 small (size 1) avalanches, simultaneously in the steep terrain above us that we had decided to avoid. We were on 25 degree terrain and over 50 meters away from it at the time. And then, we went home!