Taylor basin
Observed Mar 8, 2024, 12:00 p.m. PST · Southwest Coast
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Quick report
- Comment
- Had amazing Fast surface hoar skiing with a thin sun crust on the south aspects. Made for super cruisey and followy low angle skiing
- Weather
- Sunny
- Ride type
- Sunny slopes, Mellow slopes, Alpine slopes, Open trees
- Stayed away
- Alpine slopes, Convex slopes, Steep slopes
- Snow conditions
- Powder
- Avalanche conditions
- Avalanche condition sound
Avalanche report
- Comment
- Multiple natural avalanches observed around treeline on most aspects. Nothing in alpine.
- Trigger type
- Natural
- Avalanche size
- 1.5
- Vegetation cover
- Sparse trees
- Avalanche character
- Storm slab
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Number of avalanches
- 2-5
- Start zone elevation
- 2100
- Avalanche observation
- More than48hrs ago
- Start zone elevation band
- Tln
- Avalanche occurrence datetime
- 2024-03-08T08:00:00.000Z
Snowpack report
- Depth
- 200
- Obs type
- Summary
- Site aspect
- N, S, SW, NE, W, E, NW, SE
- Site elevation
- 2100
- Ski penetration
- 10
- Foot penetration
- 35
- Cracking observed
- No
- Site elevation band
- Tln, Alp
- Surface conditions
- Surface hoar
- Whumpfing observed
- Yes
Weather report
- Wind speed
- Wind speed moderate
- Blowing snow
- Light
- Sky condition
- Clear
- Wind direction
- S
- Temperature trend
- Steady