Tryst Lake
Quick reportparker.townes · Nov 22, 2020 · Spray - KLakes
Quick report
- Weather
- warm, sunny
- Ride Type
- denseTrees, steepSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, sunnySlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- Good
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp, avalancheConditionSnow
With rapid warming forecasted for the afternoon, our day started and ended early. Compression test results top of west chutes produced repeated failure ~50cm down at elbow 5. Significant cornice formation and cross loading observed on N and E aspects.
Avalanche
50cm deep slab released upon side hill cut of far west chute. Slab travelled down nearly the entire length of the slide path. Significant wind loading was observed.