Crowfoot Glades - Natural into Moraine Bowl
Avalanchejonwillreid · Feb 10, 2022 · West Side 93N
Quick report
- Weather
- warm, cloudy
- Ride Type
- openTrees, mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, heavy, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp
Cool day exploring Crowfoot glades into the upper reaches of the bench. Snow not great, warming above 0 into high elevations. Witnessed a natural as shown in pics, described in Avalanche tab. Start zone was not in accessible terrain but it ran from overhead into Moraine bowl.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 200
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Avalanche Size
- 2
- Start Zone Aspect
- NE
- Start Zone Incline
- 80
- Avalanche Character
- looseDry
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2500
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 2000
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2022-02-09T16:38:00
Witnessed a loose dry natural class 2 from a distance while skinning out from Crowfoot glades across the lake. Start zone was a steep bowl, not skiable, but ran out into Moraine Bowl (as described in Baranow book). Major warming into the alpine today.