Town gully

Avalanche

campbelladam79 · Feb 9, 2021 · Bow Valley

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Quick report

Weather
cold
Ride Type
alpineSlopes, denseTrees, steepSlopes
Riding Quality
ok
Snow Conditions
windAffected

Skied the town gully yesterday afternoon. The skin up was easy enough - nice additional transition to bootpacking practice on the stairs! The feature goes, but there were some hidden sharks and it was pretty wind affected. Some old debris at the bottom - for climbers, the faces back there were plastered with snow and I’d worry about spindrift and the windloaded features approaching the base of the rock. The fan was variable with a grabby wind skin and the odd pocket of nice skiing. Still a bit thin and sharky lower down. We skied the treed shoulder out after skiing a bit far down the drainage and getting cliffed out for our 30m rope. The trees were not as faceted as I thought they might be. The cold meant there was no one on highline or the dog park which was nice

Weather

Wind Speed
windSpeedLight
Sky Condition
clear
Precipitation Type
none

Really friggin cold! But the sheltered sunny climb was nice

Avalanche

Avalanche Observation
moreThan48hrsAgo
Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
2021-02-05T21:04:00

Some old debris at the base of the couloir and off of Lawrence Grassi