Natural avalanche
Quick reportdaluke23 · Jan 17, 2024 · Lake Louise
Quick report
- Weather
- windy, cold, cloudy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, alpineSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSound
Saw a natural avalanche originating in the pocket above the lower cliff band (around 2400m) on the south east face of Mt Whymper triggering another avalanche in the path below. It stopped around 1700m. Strong winds and snowfall all day. Shooting cracks on wind loaded ridge features around tree line . About 10 cm of windslab in these areas.
Weather
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Avalanche
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Avalanche Size
- 3
- Start Zone Aspect
- SE
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Avalanche Character
- looseDry
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-01-17T20:35:00.000Z
Saw a natural avalanche originating in the pocket above the lower cliff band (around 2400m) on the south east face of Mt Whymper triggering another avalanche in the path below. It stopped around 1700m. Strong winds and snowfall all day. Shooting cracks on wind loaded ridge features around tree line . About 10 cm of windslab in these areas.