Crandell Lake Snowshoe
Quick reportWaterton Visitor Safety · Jan 26, 2022 · Waterton
Quick report
- Weather
- sunny
- Ride Type
- denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- Good
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow
A group of 6 snowshoeing to Crandell Lake, on an AST course. Stayed below treeline all day. We saw evidence of wind transport from yesterday’s wind event. Three small windslab avalanches observed in treeline terrain on the E face of Ruby Ridge. Bluebird all day with L-M winds.
Snowpack
A profile dug at 1600m, 15cm windslab overlies January crust. The remainder of the snowpack is well settled snow 120cm deep, with small facets at the ground.
Avalanche
3 small Na windslab avalanches observed in steep reverse loaded features