Kootenay Pass
Quick reportpackhamavalancheconsulting · Dec 22, 2019 · North Rockies
Quick report
- Weather
- stormy, windy, foggy, cloudy
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- Good
- Snow Conditions
- powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab
Storm snow seemed surprisingly well bonded today. Had one Extended Column test that propagated down 100 on a hard tap but this result was not replicated. A compression test had a sudden planar result on the same layer on the 27th tap. No signs of new slab avalanches.