Avalanche on Sidar Mountain
Avalanchemeghanmbeale · Feb 22, 2021 · Maligne
Quick report
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow
Significant wind loading, two avalanches heard on the trail back from Jacques Lake Hut
Avalanche
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Avalanche Size
- 3
- Start Zone Aspect
- S, SW
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab, stormSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2021-02-22T08:30:00
We heard two avalanches as we skied back from Jacques Lake hut. We observed/confirmed the location of one of them on the S-SW of Sidar Mountain. Likely wind slab/storm slab as we got 5 cm + of snow the night before and because both avalanches naturally triggered around 8:30 am.