King Louis Avalanche close up

Avalanche

Run Length

2000

Slab Width

150

Trigger Type

natural

Wind Exposure

crossLoadedSlope

Avalanche Size

4

Start Zone Aspect

E

Vegetation Cover

openSlope

Start Zone Incline

45

Avalanche Character

wetSlab

Number Of Avalanches

1

Start Zone Elevation

1800

Runout Zone Elevation

800

Avalanche Observation

moreThan48hrsAgo

Start Zone Elevation Band

alp

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2026-01-12T20:00:00.000Z

I went and had a look at the debris from the avalanche the AvCan NW field team reported last tuesday in their MIN. Pretty humbling. Very large,wet, deposit - based on measuring elevation, path length, depth of deposit on avg, and volume, I put it in the size 4 area. It completley covered the #7 switchback with @8m of debris, and I suspect the runout zone gully has close to 15-20m in it. Deeply gouged out track and some recent logging. I wouldnt ski the King Louis anytime soon...