Chickadee Valley
Quick reportsamboucher10 · Dec 4, 2022 · Lake Louise
Quick report
- Weather
- cold
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- OK
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSound
We skied up Chickadee Valley towards Chimney Col and found 30cm of windslab snow above 20cm of facets just above treeline. Whumpfing and shooting cracks were observed at this elevation as well as evidence of a recent size 1.5 avalanche off Mt Whymper.
Snowpack
At treeline, we observed 30cm of slab snow on 20cm of facets.