Steamboat Sidecountry
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Avalanche Danger
Large persistent slabs likely on NW-E aspects and all elevations. Small-large storm slabs likely on all aspects and elevations.
Ski Partners
Route
Skier’s left East Face > skier’s left Clems > Girly Turns x2
Weather
HSN24
4"
HSN48
13"
Precip
None
Sky
Broken / high clouds
Winds
Light in the AM. Calm in the PM
Temps
Low -2F / High 10F
Ski Pen
Boot top
Foot Pen
50cm
Snowpack Observations
Average HS: 120-140cm
Quick hasty pit results from looker’s left of Rancid Tuna:
CT6Q2 @25cm from surface
CT12 @35cm from surface
CT24Q1 (sudden planar) @70cm from surface on a layer of surface hoar
We felt and heard several large collapses and saw shooting cracks as we traversed above the entrance to Clems on 3rd pitch.
One person caught and buried in a human-triggered persistent slab avalanche at the Resort, between Chutes 1 and 2:
“The group of people caught in the slide weren’t skiing out of bounds and did not cross any ropes, Hunter said. They traversed in above Big Meadow, which is open, and below the chutes, he explained. It is believed they triggered the avalanche from below.
While several other people were caught in the slide that was propagated from above, only one was completely buried. Another person was buried up to their waist.
There were a total of about eight people involved, Hunter said, but it was not made clear precisely how those people were involved.”
