Observation: Public
Observation Details
Name:
Shane C RobinsonObservation Date:
December 17, 2020Submitted:
December 17, 2020Zone or Region:
West SouthActivity:
Skiing/SnowboardingLocation:
Pickhandle Point.Triggered Avalanches
Did you trigger any avalanches?
YesWas it intentional?
YesAvalanche Type:
Soft SlabSize:
Size 1: Relatively harmless to peopleElevation:
Just below ridge line.Aspect:
NWComments:
Pockets of wind slab just below ridge line. One remote trigger, one triggered from cut cornice, and one triggered on ski cut. All propagated full width of each feature and was about 40cm deep. Small features kept size to 1-1.5 but larger features could have produced a bigger avalanche on similar terrain.Observed Avalanches
Did you observe any avalanches?
YesAvalanche Type:
Size:
Elevation:
Aspect:
Comments:
Signs of Unstable Snow
Did you see shooting cracks?
NoDid you experience collapsing or whumpfing?
Yes, IsolatedObservations
Surfaces ranged from 50cm ski pen in sheltered areas to wind slab to exposed ice crust from wind scouring. A thin rain crust present about 1” below surface below 4500’ and a thin sun crust on steep SE slopes from clearing today. Several layers of moderate fracture character in storm slab on observed in hand pits.