Columnar Peak Elfin Lake Area
Avalancheinfo · Feb 16, 2020 · Garibaldi
Quick report
- Weather
- sunny, cold
- Ride Type
- openTrees, alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, steepSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab
We saw natural slides of east aspects of columnar peak as shown in the picture. The slides were not deep, started in terrain >45 degrees and run 100 to about 200m long. We assume that the slides happened at night or in the early morning hours of both sunday and monday.
Weather
- Sky Condition
- clear
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 150
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Avalanche Size
- 1.5
- Slab Thickness
- 15
- Start Zone Aspect
- E
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Start Zone Incline
- 45
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 6-10
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1700
- Avalanche Observation
- 24to48hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2020-02-16T07:00:00