Dark Nature/Fairview Mountain North Face

Quick report

Weather

sunny, windy, warm

Climb Name

Dark Nature

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow

Climbing Wind Conditions

blowingSnowOnTheClimb, blowingSnowAboveTheClimb

The slopes on Fairview Mountain above Dark Nature and Lake Louise got cross wind loaded a lot today by spindrift from the south, southwest moderate to strong wind direction. Was at Louise Falls when this at least Size 1 went off over the lake on a similar aspect to Dark Nature at around 4:14pm. Also, some pics of spindrift and sluffs on Dark Nature P1, gear up spot, and approach. Even though it was a moderate forecast in the alpine today in this Avalanche Canada zone, seems things are changing quickly with the wind event today! Even though the forecast is Moderate in the alpine for this zone tomorrow too, just wanted to throw this info up for folks this weekend making the climbing decisions!

Weather

Wind Speed

windSpeedModerate

Blowing Snow

intense

Sky Condition

fewClouds

Wind Direction

SW

Temperature Trend

steady

Precipitation Type

none

Avalanche

Trigger Type

natural

Wind Exposure

crossLoadedSlope

Avalanche Size

1

Start Zone Aspect

N, NW, NE

Vegetation Cover

openSlope

Start Zone Incline

40

Avalanche Character

windSlab

Number Of Avalanches

2-5

Start Zone Elevation

2300

Runout Zone Elevation

1800

Avalanche Observation

12hrsAgo

Start Zone Elevation Band

tln

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2024-02-23T23:14:00.000Z

The slopes on Fairview Mountain above Dark Nature and Lake Louise got cross wind loaded a lot today by spindrift from the south, southwest moderate to strong wind direction. Was at Louise Falls when this at least Size 1 went off over the lake on a similar aspect to Dark Nature at around 4:14pm. Also, some pics of spindrift and sluffs on Dark Nature P1, gear up spot, and approach. Even though it was a moderate forecast in the alpine today in this Avalanche Canada zone, seems things are changing quickly with the wind event today! Even though the forecast is Moderate in the alpine for this zone tomorrow too, just wanted to throw this info up for folks this weekend making the climbing decisions!