Wapta icefields

Avalanche

Run Length

5

Slab Width

20

Trigger Type

skier

Wind Exposure

downFlow

Avalanche Size

1

Slab Thickness

15

Trigger Sub Type

accidental

Vegetation Cover

openSlope

Avalanche Character

windSlab

Crust Near Weak Layer

1

Number Of Avalanches

2-5

Avalanche Observation

24to48hrsAgo

Weak Layer Crystal Type

stormSnow

Start Zone Elevation Band

tln

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2022-02-02T09:00:00

Toured to the Wapta icefields with plans to do mt.Thompson. A windstorm started to pick up and lash the area as we were at Bow Hut. We turned around at the ridge adjacent to the onion but the slopes we had taken up were now very wind loaded. We safely made it down from the hut without triggering anything but once we entered the drainage pass closer to Bow lake we accidentally triggered 4 small slab avalanches. The biggest had a crown of about 20m and a thickness of 20cm