Observation type
Avalanche
Observer
Mike Hwang
Keep me anonymous if published
no
Location (general area)
Icehouse Canyon
Latitude
Longitude
Date (yyyymmdd)
20191128
Time
1:00PM
Road conditions to area
Snowing, need AWD and snow/AT tires or chains
Temperature
28 F
Sky
Overcast (sky covered)
Wind speed
Light (1-16mph Flags/twigs in motion)
Wind direction
SW
Wind direction in degrees
Slope aspect
North
Aspect in degrees
Slope angle
35
Elevation
6000 feet
Snow depth
36 inches
Boot/ Ski penetration
12 inch
Precipitation
heavy
Activity, recent avalanches
yes
Brief description
Whumphing noises, shooting cracks. collapsing
yes
Rapid warming
no
Obvious avalanche path
yes
Terrain trap
yes
Comment
We remote triggered a small slab avalanche on a North facing slope of about 30-35 degrees while approaching to dig a pit on a nearby test slope around 1:00pm today. We skinned to 50 feet away from the slope we wanted to test, heard two loud whumphs and then saw the entire slope slide, crown 100 feet across. As we skinned out, we saw two low angle North facing slopes that showed signs of a slide. Very unstable snowpack and now there is enough snow for a burial.
Keep in mind, everything was hard to visualize due to the fact that it was snowing heavily with about 3 feet of accumulation at 6000 feet in 4 hours.
Publish this observation
Yes I would like this observation Published
Avalanche
Observer
Mike Hwang
Keep me anonymous if published
no
Location (general area)
Icehouse Canyon
Latitude
Longitude
Date (yyyymmdd)
20191128
Time
1:00PM
Road conditions to area
Snowing, need AWD and snow/AT tires or chains
Temperature
28 F
Sky
Overcast (sky covered)
Wind speed
Light (1-16mph Flags/twigs in motion)
Wind direction
SW
Wind direction in degrees
Slope aspect
North
Aspect in degrees
Slope angle
35
Elevation
6000 feet
Snow depth
36 inches
Boot/ Ski penetration
12 inch
Precipitation
heavy
Activity, recent avalanches
yes
Brief description
Whumphing noises, shooting cracks. collapsing
yes
Rapid warming
no
Obvious avalanche path
yes
Terrain trap
yes
Comment
We remote triggered a small slab avalanche on a North facing slope of about 30-35 degrees while approaching to dig a pit on a nearby test slope around 1:00pm today. We skinned to 50 feet away from the slope we wanted to test, heard two loud whumphs and then saw the entire slope slide, crown 100 feet across. As we skinned out, we saw two low angle North facing slopes that showed signs of a slide. Very unstable snowpack and now there is enough snow for a burial.
Keep in mind, everything was hard to visualize due to the fact that it was snowing heavily with about 3 feet of accumulation at 6000 feet in 4 hours.
Publish this observation
Yes I would like this observation Published
