Whymper South paths
Avalanchesnow.safety · Dec 23, 2020 · Lake Louise
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 1300
- Slab Width
- 150
- Trigger Type
- explosives
- Avalanche Size
- 3
- Trigger Sub Type
- intentional
- Start Zone Aspect
- SE
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Avalanche Character
- corniceWithSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2500
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1800
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2020-12-23T11:20:00
Avalanche control with explosives on Whymper south. Evidence of previous activity during the storm last 48 hours. We triggered a size 2 and a size 3. Size 3 resulted from dropping a large cornice on the slope below which triggered a slab and ran a long distance. Hard to tell, but it seemed like the slab was recent storm snow and not down to the deeper, persistent layers.