Motel 66 slide
Observed Mar 28, 2024, 1:00 p.m. PDT · Southwest Coast
This report was submitted with an older form.
Snowpack report
- Comment
- Snow fell throughout the day,heavy at times, accumulation was less then 1cm/h. Below the new surface snow there was a thick 10cm windslab in lee terrain, with 10cm loose snow below to a firm crust.
- Obs type
- Summary
- Site aspect
- N, NE
- Test fracture
- Sudden
- Site elevation
- 1500
- Ski penetration
- 10
- Foot penetration
- 20
- Cracking observed
- No
- Test failure depth
- 10
- Site elevation band
- Tln
- Surface conditions
- New snow
- Whumpfing observed
- No
- Test failure layer crystal types
- Storm snow
Incident report
- Description
- While at Keith's Hut,chatted to a party of 2 that triggered a Sz 1 storm slab that ran about 15m-20m near Motel 66. The skier was caught and carried, but not buried. Some gear (poles) were lost in the incident. Start zone was just under a cliff, with a thin, 10cm unsupported windslab that has loose dry powder below. Slab was reported to have broken above the skier.
- Terrain trap
- No trap
- Group activity
- Skiing
- Snow depth trigger point
- Shallow
- Terrain shape trigger point
- Planar