Balu Pass
Quick reportknickers102 · Jan 18, 2024 · Glacier
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, sunny
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, openTrees, mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- sunnySlopes, steepSlopes
- Snow Conditions
- powder, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab
Cold day out at balu pass. North facing Terrain above 1900m has been wind affected leaving a 10cm+ wind skin at the near the top of balu pass that made for tricky skiing and some small wind lenses to pop while on slope. Below the wind effect and particularly in sheltered areas great skiing still to be found.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 150
- Slab Width
- 10
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- reverseLoadedSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1.5
- Slab Thickness
- 20
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- S
- Vegetation Cover
- sparseTrees
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2100
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-01-18T21:30:00.000Z
Group of six touring up towards Nikki's Notch area look to have triggered a wind slab. All six members were visually located while group spent a prolonged amount of time on debris field. Presumably looking for some lost gear potentially. Did not appear to have any members buried but likely went for a small ride, no injuries apparent.