Still Sketchy
Observed Feb 25, 2025, 6:00 p.m. PST · North Rockies
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Quick report
- Comment
- Last weekend's storm snow made for great powder riding at Treeline and Alpine. Unfortunately, it's not bonding well to the old snow below it, a layer of weak facets and surface hoar. While sledding on mellow terrain, we remotely triggered two small avalanches in adjacent steep features. Several other small storm slab avalanches had also failed on this weak layer in previous days. We kept to low-angle terrain and were extra mindful to stay away from overhead hazards. The winds were light which left a lot of options for sledding deep snow away from the avalanche hazard.
- Weather
- Cloudy
- Ride type
- Dense trees, Mellow slopes, Open trees
- Stayed away
- Convex slopes, Steep slopes
- Riding quality
- Good
- Snow conditions
- Powder
- Avalanche conditions
- Avalanche condition slab, Avalanche condition sound
Weather report
- Avg temp
- 0
- Wind speed
- Wind speed calm
- Blowing snow
- None
- Sky condition
- Overcast
- Wind direction
- W
- Storm start date
- 2025-02-20
- Storm snow amount
- 40
- Temperature trend
- Rising
- Precipitation type
- None