Shades of Beauty area

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, sunny, warm

Climb Name

Shades of Beauty

Ice Quality

good

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionTemp

On January 31 we climbed Shades of Beauty and Stanley Falls Senior. We observed an avalanche path (2.5) which appears to have occurred in the last few days. While finishing the last route (Stanley Falls Senior), we heard some rock fall coming near Shades of beauty. Probably due to the warm weather. The ice condition was wet but with some diner plates, especially wet on Stanley. - Rick Blak memorial route, (didn’t climb) the bottom seems to be missing a lot of ice and the first half looks delaminate/too thin.

Snowpack

Obs Type

summary

Site Aspect

E, NW, SE, W

Site Elevation Band

btl, tln

Surface Conditions

facets

Avalanche

Run Length

840

Trigger Type

natural

Avalanche Size

2.5

Start Zone Aspect

NW

Vegetation Cover

openSlope

Avalanche Character

wetSlab

Number Of Avalanches

1

Start Zone Elevation

2600

Runout Zone Elevation

1760

Avalanche Observation

moreThan48hrsAgo

Start Zone Elevation Band

alp

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2024-01-31T15:00:00.000Z

Elevation and meters are estimates. We observed an avalanche path (2.5) which appears to have occurred in the last few days.