- Submitted by
- tetonalpinist
- Observations date
- Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 14:08
- Location
- 52.189000° N 117.244000° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Cold
- Stormy
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
Comments
Size 1 wind slab down 30 cm, knife hard snow above 4F within the storm snow likely ran November 14 observed at 2700m on a northeasterly aspect in the gully below Shooting Gallery/Asteroid Alley. Hand shear adjacent to crown failed on isolation SP. We continued up the gully with a running belay and observed no further signs of instability, except for sluffing which was intense at times.