Size 2.5 Natural Lake Louise Backcountry - Speed Run
Quick reportParks Canada Visitor Safety · Feb 26, 2024 · Glacier
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 499
- Slab Width
- 70
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Wind Exposure
- crossLoadedSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 2.5
- Start Zone Aspect
- SW
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Avalanche Character
- deepPersistentSlab, persistentSlab, stormSlab
- Crust Near Weak Layer
- 1
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2550
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 2330
- Weak Layer Burial Date
- 2023-02-03
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- facets
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-02-26T21:20:00.000Z
Observer not sure of the trigger. There has been significant recent loading and wind, but at the time of the observation, the winds were light. Perhaps the first rays of sunshine... The large avalanche sympathetically triggered the size 1.5 and 1 to the left. The lower part of the large avalanche stepped down to the basal facets at the ground.