Wind slabs and loose snow avalanches
Quick reportjfloyer · Feb 4, 2021 · Kakwa
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, windy
- Ride Type
- openTrees, mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab
Three days in the Kakwa working on the weather station and making snowpack observations. There was an avalanche cycle on Tuesday night caused by reverse loading as winds switched to the NW. On Wednesday and Thursday upper elevation winds continued to build wind slabs in exposed locations.