Hidden Peak
Observed Dec 24, 2022, 11:00 a.m. PST · Southwest Coast
This report was submitted with an older form.
Quick report
- Weather
- Warm, Stormy, Wet
- Ride type
- Mellow slopes, Dense trees, Open trees
- Stayed away
- Convex slopes, Alpine slopes
- Riding quality
- Good
- Snow conditions
- Deep powder, Wet
- Avalanche conditions
- Avalanche condition snow, Avalanche condition slab, Avalanche condition sound
Avalanche report
- Comment
- Skier triggered avalanche in opening in trees on planar slope, SW aspect. Skier not caught. Soft slab with little signs of propagation. Also observed natural avalanche at ridge crest, around 1800m. Approx 25m wide by 20m long, SW aspect, size 1.
- Run length
- 35
- Slab width
- 15
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Wind exposure
- No wind exposure
- Avalanche size
- 1
- Slab thickness
- 50
- Trigger sub type
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- SW
- Vegetation cover
- Sparse trees
- Avalanche character
- Storm slab
- Crust near weak layer
- No
- Number of avalanches
- 2-5
- Start zone elevation
- 1600
- Avalanche observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Start zone elevation band
- Btl
- Avalanche occurrence datetime
- 2022-12-24T20:15:00.000Z
Snowpack report
- Obs type
- Summary
- Site aspect
- SW
- Ski penetration
- 40
- Foot penetration
- 80
- Cracking observed
- Yes
- Site elevation band
- Btl
- Surface conditions
- New snow
- Whumpfing observed
- Yes
Weather report
- Comment
- -2C leaving journeyman lodge around 9am.
- Wind speed
- Wind speed light
- Sky condition
- Overcast
- New snow24hours
- 50
- Storm start date
- 2022-12-23
- Temperature trend
- Rising
- Precipitation type
- Snow