Cayoosh Lap
Quick reportgraham.david.henry · Mar 9, 2026 · Duffey
Quick report
- Weather
- sunny
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, steepSlopes, denseTrees, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, windAffected, powder
Great day out with way better weather/snow than we expected up Cayoosh. Totally trash rain crust until about 1800m, then it improved dramatically with rippable wind buff and a little powder on top. Had some excitement on the start of our descent. See the avalanche tab.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 200
- Slab Width
- 30
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- leeSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1.5
- Slab Thickness
- 20
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- SE
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Start Zone Incline
- 40
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2400
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 2200
- Weak Layer Burial Date
- 2026-03-07
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2026-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
Triggered a slide on the east side of the col to get up to North Glacier and Cayoosh Summit. Stability had been generally good, including on the skin to the col, so I made a silly decision to ski the more exciting part past some rocks. Popped a wind slab from Saturday's snow and today's Northerly winds. Went for a little ride, but was able to slow myself down and let the debris flow past me. 10cm in the start zone but propogated down the slope on a weird angle and up to 30cm thick at the deepest. Wind slabs are tricky and a good lesson was learned.