Some wet slides are faster than others

[powdork]

already posted in the tahoe conditions thread.
the slide portion of the tr below
-->then we had this whole little slide thing (has more footage than just the slides now)



looking up at the cliff the slide went over


and down at the debris
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notes not in that thread
1. it was 2:15ish in the afternoon.
2. the upper snowfield was a convex nose type thing running from ese to ene with a 20' cliff directly below and rock sections below to either side, with sparse trees below all that. the first skier triggered point release ran on the ene section, which was slightly less consolidated than the second (intentionally set) which appeared to be on an ese to due east aspect. the second was the much slower wet slide that i am more accustom to.
3. it had been 2 warm days since a prolonged period of light intensity wet snow.
4. i wasn't really expecting any movement on that aspect. i had thrown snow balls without any rollers or anything. i was actually throwing them to make sure it wasn't too firm before dropping in. it didn't feel overly slarvy when i dropped in and i was surprised to see the wall when i turned back right.
5. the 2 pics were from the next day, which was warmer, but more consolidated.
6. i am lucky, and have gone through three lives this year.

[Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer]

Thanks for posting. We are definitely in an odd place right now inbetween the transition from winter to spring.

Not to mention, day-time temps forecast to rise by 20 degrees on Monday....

Be safe out there.

[L7]

Did you get your walkie talkie back?

That was my first question too.

[powdork]

yes, but i haven't figured out how to mute the asshole on the other end talking about my ex. he does that whenever we play disc golf too.

[capulin overdrive]

was that a rabbit at the end?

[powdork]

yes. i tried to catch it, so i could cut off it's foot to make up for the lost life.

[Hariom249]

I also experienced that, and luckly I escape from danger of slip

[Lindahl]

i wasn't really expecting any movement on that aspect. i had thrown snow balls without any rollers or anything. i was actually throwing them to make sure it wasn't too firm before dropping in. it didn't feel overly slarvy when i dropped in and i was surprised to see the wall when i turned back right.

This scares me a little. I often use the same test, but I also do watch for prolonged periods of or significant warming. Why do you think that the surface was still firmish, yet the slope still slid? I'm not familiar with the Tahoe snowpack.

[Z]

that is a pretty quick moving wetslide. Is it possible that the bed layer got wet for the first time this season? Seems like that is when wet slides can move the fastest...

[jamesbell]

I also experienced that, and thank you for sharing.