Nch'Kay- Atwell NW Face Obs
Quick reportchristieimages155 · Jan 6, 2025 · South Coast Inland
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, sunny, warm
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, cutBlocks, openTrees, steepSlopes, sunnySlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab
Jan 5th low level cloud gave some spectacular visuals of Nch'Kay Massif. Notable was the appearance of a mid season snow pack in extremely steep terrain. Based on many years of Obs up there. Rock is caked with Rind. I departed to building N wind as sun set behind Tantalus Range. Returned Jan 6th and observed 2 large crowns on the North Face. Suspect Cornice Failure trigger during the night with propagation into the neighboring Couloir. Avalanche info are estimates. Runout obscured by landscape. We rode N facing low angle supported terrain and found excellent winter conditions.
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedModerate
- Sky Condition
- clear
- Wind Direction
- NE
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- none
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 100
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Slab Thickness
- 300
- Start Zone Aspect
- NW
- Avalanche Character
- corniceWithSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2025-01-06T09:00:00.000Z