bndry lake
Avalanchea77kat · Nov 30, 2016 · Icefields
Quick report
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder
Good skiing on supportive snowpack
Snowpack
- Depth
- 75
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- N
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 2190
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Site Elevation Band
- btl
- Surface Conditions
- surfaceHoar
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets, crust
CTE (2)(3) SC down about 16cm, at interface of F and 4F FC CTM (12)(16) SC down 41-39cm on P crust, fractured in FC on top of crust Test pit at tree line, 2260m NE, we observed two X P crust with aprox 5cm 4F FC between them, down 35cm, with 2X CTM results at this layer
Avalanche
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Wind Exposure
- leeSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Start Zone Aspect
- NE
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Avalanche Character
- stormSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2100
- Avalanche Observation
- moreThan48hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2016-11-26T00:00:00
Observed previous avalanche activity, likely HST from Nov 26: 2X size one, S, NE aspect, releasing from rocks, aprox 2100m elevation