- Submitted by
- danielhelm.kz
- Observations date
- Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 06:00
- Location
- 54.840490° N 127.808580° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-127.80858,54.84049,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Ashman - The floor is lava")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Heavy
- Powder
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
Day out at Ashman. Conservative decision making proved to be the right call with a large whumph in low angle terrain which remotely triggered an avalanche 80m away on a steep south facing slope. Investigated and found 50cm thick slab sitting on a hard crust with a thin layer of facets on top. Decided to just go for a ridge walk up toward Bruno peak and proceeded to remotely trigger 4 more avalanches up to size 2 just by walking along the flats.
Even well below treeline on the ski out we found signs of instability in meadows with whumphing and shooting cracks on small convex slopes.
