Sproatt Saturday

Map for Mountain Information Network report: Sproatt Saturday

Snow conditions

Snow conditions were:
  • Wet
  • Wind affected

Information

The day was:
  • Sunny
  • Warm
Avalanche conditions
  • Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.

Comments

Toasty one! The heat really got to treeline today resulting in wet loose naturals. In the morning there was wind/storm slab 10-30cm at treeline that became iso (hot pow) on a bomber crust resulting in natural and human (sled + ski) small wet slab avalanches in the afternoon.

We sledded cautiously avoiding wind loaded features and rode some hot pow mellow lines.