Balfour E face cornice full depth
Quick reportabarth · May 2, 2025 · Waterton Lakes
Avalanche
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Avalanche Size
- 2.5
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- NE
- Avalanche Character
- corniceWithSlab, deepPersistentSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Avalanche Observation
- 24to48hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2025-05-01T16:00:00.000Z
We witnessed the aftermath of a cornice-triggered slab avalanche which had taken out the skiable exit of Mt Balfour's E face, stepping down to glacier ice. We later ran into a group of two on the Waputik Icefield, who told us that one of them had triggered the cornice the day before, May 1, by stepping in a facet hole while booting the ridge.