Lake Louise group

Quick report

Moneypenny_MakesMINS · Apr 17, 2023 · Lake Louise

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Quick report

Weather
stormy
Ride Type
denseTrees, mellowSlopes
Stayed Away
alpineSlopes, openTrees, steepSlopes
Riding Quality
OK
Snow Conditions
deepPowder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSnow

Arrived at the carpark with 10cm at 7.30. No wind, all quiet. Crossing the lake it started nuking, whilst at the back heading up trees towards no surprise storm snow increased to 20cm with elevation. Stoke was high until our coulior ran full path just beside us. Once that first slide went it sounded like everything just started Avalanching. Once above 1900m the storm snow dried out and became very reactive sluffing easily off steep rolls within tight trees. We bailed and on our way out could see lots of activity. Skin track was basically gone too. Truck had 10cm on it within a few hours. Convective isolated spring storms at its finest.

Avalanche

Hyper isolated convective storm around Lake Louise this morning triggered a widespread storm cycle out of nowhere. Once the first slide went it didn't stop thundering for an hour. Sounded like every path was going quite big. Surprise pass went full length dusting our skin track. Dog leg went to the creek. No surprise went. S aspects off White were going albeit not full length.

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