Asteroid Alley
Quick reporttetonalpinist · Nov 16, 2016 · Icefields
Quick report
- Weather
- stormy, cold, cloudy
- Ride Type
- steepSlopes, alpineSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab
Size 1 wind slab down 30 cm, knife hard snow above 4F within the storm snow likely ran November 14 observed at 2700m on a northeasterly aspect in the gully below Shooting Gallery/Asteroid Alley. Hand shear adjacent to crown failed on isolation SP. We continued up the gully with a running belay and observed no further signs of instability, except for sluffing which was intense at times.