Churchill Slide Paths
Observed Jan 20, 2021, 3:30 p.m. PST · jasper
This report was submitted with an older form.
Quick report
- Comment
- Recent slab avalanche, size 2.5 above south slide path, approximately 200m across and 600m run.
- Weather
- Cloudy, Cold
- Ride type
- Steep slopes, Open trees, Mellow slopes
- Stayed away
- Alpine slopes, Convex slopes
- Riding quality
- Ok
- Snow conditions
- Crusty, Wind affected, Powder
- Avalanche conditions
- Avalanche condition snow, Avalanche condition slab
Snowpack report
- Depth
- 115
- Comment
- 1750m pit: CT test Down 20cm resistant planar 15 taps, Down 40cm resistant planar 18 taps, Down 72cm resistant planar 20 taps, ECT storm layer at 20cm resistant planar, no propagation.
- Obs type
- Point
- Site aspect
- NE
- Test fracture
- Resistant
- Site elevation
- 1750
- Ski penetration
- 10
- Test initiation
- Hard
- Foot penetration
- 35
- Cracking observed
- No
- Test failure depth
- 45
- Site elevation band
- Btl
- Surface conditions
- Variable
- Whumpfing observed
- No
- Test failure layer crystal types
- Surface hoar
Weather report
- Avg temp
- -7
- Wind speed
- Wind speed light
- Blowing snow
- None
- Sky condition
- Broken clouds
- Wind direction
- NW
- Storm start date
- 2021-01-13T07:00:00.000Z
- Storm snow amount
- 20
- Precipitation type
- None