- Submitted by
- southrockies
- Observations date
- Monday, January 15, 2024 at 23:00
- Location
- 49.437460° N 114.621650° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-114.62165,49.43746,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Wind Slabs in effect!")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cold
- Sunny
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
Today with a slight warming of -22 °C we traveled to Corbin (RAIN GAUGE) to check out the snowpack. We observed several size 2 wind slab avalanches in cross-loaded features that we estimated to be older than 48 hours. We think these wind slabs are more reactive where a facet layer that formed during the drought overlies the December 23 melt-freeze crust. There was a 10 to 20 cm hard wind slab at all elevations that was drum-like and hollow-sounding.
