Rummel Lake cornice collapse
Quick reportbradstirrett · Mar 11, 2017 · Spray - KLakes
Quick report
- Weather
- windy, warm, sunny
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- Good
- Snow Conditions
- powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp, avalancheConditionSlab
Cornice collapse above Rummel lake NW aspect cleaned out a number of steep chutes and gained enough mass to cross 2/3 of the lake, stopping 20m from old snowshoe trails in a large debris fan. It also displaced the lake ice up to 3 feet forcing water to overflow the outlet and collapse the outlet snow bridges. Many other much larger cornice induced avalanches in the area up to size 3 similar aspects.