Solar warming on the Spearhead

Submitted by
forecaster
Observations date
Monday, March 16, 2020 at 20:00
Location
50.006910° N 122.800000° W
Reporting on
  • Snow conditions
Map for Mountain Information Network report: Solar warming on the Spearhead

Snow conditions

Snow conditions were:
  • Wet
  • Wind affected

Information

Avalanche conditions
  • Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.

Comments

Second hand report from the Spearhead traverse describing temperatures reaching +0.5 C at 2300 m on Monday afternoon. The warming caused many small wet loose avalanches on steep rocky south facing slopes (some up to size 2), but no new slab avalanches were observed. The surface was heavily wind affected.