January 27, 2017

    AVALANCHE ACTIVITY:

    All bodies recovered from Italian avalanche, story in article section below.                         Net Pic

    15 soldiers killed after avalanche hits army post in Gurez.                           Story in article section.

    Locally no new avalanche activity, check out Observations below, Phelix Creek area very active.


    YESTERDAY:

    Early Thursday morning, January 26, 2017.

    Stratus Layer in the valley.

    Weart Mountain.

    Old school!!

    Thursday Morning

    Mount Garibaldi.

    It was a multi cloud layer day.


Weather Observations for January 27, 2017: taken at 06:00 Hours.

2240 meters   -7, Winds were 15-25 KPH SE --Horstman Hut 
2180 meters   -7, Winds were 15-30 KPH S   --Whistler Peak
1860 meters   -6, Winds were 10-15 KPH SE--Rendevous
1835 meters   -6, Winds were   5-10 KPH E   --Roundhouse
1650 meters   -4, trace of new snow, trace in 24 hrs, 217 cm Base, RH 96%  --Pig Alley
1550 meters   -4, trace of new snow, trace in 24 hrs, 142 cm Base, RH 95%  --Catskinner 

  660 meters   -3, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +3.6, trace mm of Precip recorded yest

    As of 07:00 hrs this am we have overcast skies and unlimited visibility.


FORECAST:

A weakening upper ridge will bring mostly cloudy conditions for today in a Southwesterly flow aloft. The FL could get as high as 1200 meters and there is a chance of some isolated snow flurries, possible improvement to unsettled by this afternoon. Saturday will be unsettled as well but with more sun than cloud and the FL rising as high as 1800 meters, with the day time heating. A fast moving weak cold front is still forecasted to arrive Sunday with overcast conditions and some light snowfall, the FL will hover in the 1100 meter range. Rex Block begins to form on Monday with a strong Westerly flow and much colder temperatures into Wednesday.
Guesstimates: 4-8 cm by Monday morning.

    High pressure with some injected cloud for Friday.

    Low to the North will spill cloud into the area today.

   Flow for today into Saturday.

    Looking dry for Saturday.

    A weakening cold front for Sunday.

    Rex Block  Monday into Thursday.

    OBSERVATIONS & INFORMATION:

    Avalanche activity at Phelix Creek, observed Thursday January 26th.                 Toby Salin Image

Sebastian Bunney January 26 at 8:55pm

Had a great little day showing some friends the musical bumps. Ended up digging a little pit at 1930m on Oboes NWW face. Recorded 2 CTE5 SC releases down 65cm to a huge faceted layer. These low/moderate avalanche ratings can be deceiving. Was a little surprised with how easy this released. Be careful everyone.

    Whiskey Jacks are always hungry.

    Great racing conditions on Ptarmigan Thursday.

    Pig Alley Weather plot.

   Nice sky later in the day.

    Aussie Day.



VIDEO FRIDAYS:

Shit Skier Girls Say: Backcountry Edition

Drone footage of the buried Italian Hotel: The Telergraph

Accidental Massive Cliff Drop: Jerryoftheday


ARTICLES:

15 soldiers among 20 killed in snow avalanches in 72 hours: Kashmir

Last bodies recovered from Italian hotel: Death Toll 29

Avalanche Survivor wants to spare others the tragedy: Colorado

Two from car buried under an avalanche are okay:  Alpine Meadows, CA

Unusual snpwpack conditions create potential for increased risk of avalanches: TMTVNEWS