Boom Lake Solar Reactivity

Quick report

vapelord69 · Mar 5, 2022 · Lake Louise

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Weather
sunny, warm
Ride Type
mellowSlopes, openTrees
Stayed Away
alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes, sunnySlopes
Riding Quality
Good
Snow Conditions
heavy, powder, wet
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSound, avalancheConditionTemp

Skiing in the Boom Lake area on south facing, solar slopes. Intentional ski cut above a convexity triggered a release on a steep convex feature on the Feb 16th layer. The slab released roughly 40cms down and propagated surprisingly far given the size of the feature (30m wide, 30m long). South-East facing feature with intense solar input.

Avalanche

Small size 1 triggered on a convex feature while intentionally placing a ski cut/hard turn above the convexity. Significant solar input resulted in a size 1 slide.