South Burstall Pass
Quick reportnoahledrewevans · Mar 21, 2026 · Spray - KLakes
Quick report
- Ride Type
- denseTrees, mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- terrible
- Snow Conditions
- hard, crusty
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab
Hard, supportive crust made for fast travel and a bone rattling descent across refrozen water runnels. It rained to at least 2400m. Felt quite stable today, though many recent avalanches in the area.
Weather
- Blowing Snow
- moderate
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
slightly below 0 most of the day, a few pockets of sun to soften the crust a little in the afternoon around 2000m observed strong winds at ridgetops. flurries 11:30-1:00, accum <1cm.
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- summary
- Ski Penetration
- 0
1950m HS 120. P down 15, 1F below. visible icy crusts at 15 and 35. Perhaps rain soaked to 35 and top 15 refroze last night. 2250m HS 220.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 100
- Slab Width
- 200
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Avalanche Size
- 2.5
- Slab Thickness
- 100
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab, wetSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 6-10
- Avalanche Observation
- 24to48hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp, tln
Observed many debris paths size 1.5-2.5 all along the Burstall Pass Trail, including NW flank of Mt Burstall, SE flanks of Birdwood and Commonwealth, E side of Snow Peak, and NE face of Burstall pass peak. Probably from yesterday, maybe Thursday too. Deep, wide fractures though wet debris often didn’t run to trees. The slopes above the Robertson Glacier seemed to have not slid.