Watchtower
Quick reportjoe.h · Feb 21, 2023 · Maligne
Quick report
- Ride Type
- denseTrees, mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- Good
- Snow Conditions
- powder, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound
Day out in the Watchtower area. Good skiing TL and BTL where supportive to skis. Alpine ranged from bullet hard sastrugi to soft WSL. BTL, sparse trees and rocky areas made for awful trail breaking with PS to ground through FC and DH, improving at around 1900m.
Avalanche
2 large avalanches in the watchtower area. 1 sz 2 WSL NE asp 2400m. Wide propagation through the rocks and stepping down to basal/old dirty slab in smaller pockets lower in the path. (in the picture). And 1 sz 2.5 C/S E asp 2500m. 75m cornice failure and 125m crown below, 50-150cms deep running on ground. likely running full path (600m).