Chickdee Valley Tour
Quick reportesmeadows · Feb 1, 2025 · Lake Louise
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, cutBlocks, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- powder
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Weather
- Avg Temp
- -6
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- light
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
- Snowfall Rate
- 1
- Wind Direction
- N
- New Snow24 Hours
- 10
- Temperature Trend
- falling
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Intermittent snow during the day. Old skin tracks were filled in to about 10 cm.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 95
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- S
- Site Elevation
- 2150
- Ski Penetration
- 40
- Test Initiation
- none
- Foot Penetration
- 35
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
Facets observed at bottom of snow pack. Ski penetration was in a 20 degree runout zone. Foot penetration was a valley bottom.
Avalanche
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Start Zone Aspect
- S
- Start Zone Incline
- 60
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2350
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 2150
- Avalanche Observation
- 12to24hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2025-02-01T03:11:00.000Z
We observed the remains of an avalanche that originated in the high alpine on the north side of the valley. I ran about halfway down the face. Estimated no more than 3 days old.