Observation: Public
Observation Details
Observation Date:
February 20, 2021Submitted:
February 20, 2021Zone or Region:
Stevens PassActivity:
Skiing/SnowboardingLocation:
Lake Susan jane environsTriggered Avalanches
Did you trigger any avalanches?
YesWas it intentional?
YesAvalanche Type:
Soft SlabSize:
Size 1: Relatively harmless to peopleElevation:
5000Aspect:
WComments:
Within well spaced tree run. Slope just greater than 35. Triggered from a ski cut. Depth 6"Observed Avalanches
Did you observe any avalanches?
YesAvalanche Type:
Hard SlabSize:
Size 1: Relatively harmless to peopleElevation:
4500Aspect:
EComments:
Wind slab trigger from stomping, small pocket only 4"deep at greatest.Signs of Unstable Snow
Did you see shooting cracks?
Yes, IsolatedDid you experience collapsing or whumpfing?
NoObservations
Skied flur de trees.
Blowing snow present, active wind loading and cornices building. Touchy pockets of wind slab.
Skied W aspect, mostly below 35° with one pitch greater than. Only sluff was reactive >35, and on 35 or greater slopes and rollovers, 2” of wind loaded snow would slide, with one storm slab of ~8"? Trigger by a ski cut.
One observed natural on a small convexity likely triggered by a tree bomb
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