- Submitted by
- Daniel Tully
- Observations date
- Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 02:00
- Location
- 49.752160° N 125.316640° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-125.31664,49.75216,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Mt Washington AST 2 day 1")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Stormy
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
Investigated snow pack 1000m -1200m tested all aspect
Hs range 0-2.5m. Ski pen 0-50cm. snow surface ranged from pencil rime crust, pencil (solar aspect, windward aspects). Dry snow non wind effect fist easy, wind slab 1 finger easy
lots of new snow and wind all day
confirmed wind slab activity on wind slab persistent crust SSW. 30-50cms deep, propagating cracks, early cross load.
Cornices highly reactive to light loads, beginning to propagate. However after multiple releases, no fully leeward slab release.