Balfour col

Avalanche

stefboraks ยท Apr 25, 2022

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Avalanche

Trigger Type
natural
Wind Exposure
crossLoadedSlope
Avalanche Size
2.5
Start Zone Aspect
E
Vegetation Cover
openSlope
Avalanche Character
corniceWithSlab
Number Of Avalanches
2-5
Start Zone Elevation
2920
Runout Zone Elevation
2820
Start Zone Elevation Band
alp
Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
2022-04-25T01:00:00.000Z

Ice fall led to slab avalanche on east slope of Mt Balfour after a saturday's high levels of solar input, run out covered previous day's skin tracks in crux of Wapta traverse. Ice chunks the size of small cars slid to center of pass.