avalanches in hosmer

Submitted by
Henry Hungerford Barrett
Observations date
Monday, December 12, 2022
Location
49.589700° N 114.962260° W
Reporting on
  • Snow conditions
Map for Mountain Information Network report: avalanches in hosmer

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
OK
Snow conditions were:
  • Deep powder
  • Powder
We rode:
  • Steep slopes
We stayed away from:
  • Alpine slopes

Information

The day was:
  • Cloudy
  • Sunny
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

SUPER SPICY CONDITIONS

triggered 3, size 2/2.5avalanches remote/sympatheticly from the skin track with crowns around 1m deep. all the snow we have had in December was sliding on the November facet/hoar layer. NW aspect around 2000m at treeline

shooting cracks
shooting cracks
shooting cracks
cracks and crown
part of our skin track slid away during one of the avalanche's but no one was stood there anymore
fracture line
hangfire
fracture line, my pole is 125cm for reference
fracture line, my pole is 125cm for reference
fracture line on 3rd slide of the day. pole is 125cm
bed surface
start zone
mid track - notice the powder cloud cleaned the tree off up to about 10ft up
slide path