Tumbling Peak Avy Paths

Quick report

bennett.jeremy.n · Feb 20, 2022 · Kootenay

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Quick report

Weather
stormy
Ride Type
mellowSlopes
Stayed Away
alpineSlopes
Riding Quality
Amazing
Snow Conditions
powder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow

Skied the Avy paths towards the south end Tumbling peak today. Windy and snowing hard, increasing throughout the day. 20cm of powder on a crust at lower elevation, increasing to 40+cm by treeline. Skied deep powder on our first run, minimal wind effect noted. By the time we skied a second lap wind transport had intensified and we triggered a size 1.5-2 soft wind slab on the crust, at about 1900m. Fracture line was well above skier, slab likely 20-25cm deep with sizeable propagation, managed to hang on and not go for a ride. Conditions were rapidly deteriorating so we didn’t stick around to investigate further. Triggered numerous size 1 wind slabs there rest of the way down.