Heavy Day in Crowfoot
Quick reportJaret Foster · Nov 28, 2021 · Glacier
Quick report
- Weather
- warm
- Ride Type
- denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- Good
- Snow Conditions
- heavy, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab
Snowfall continued throughout the day in the glades with light winds. New snow amounted to 10-15 cm on previous unconsolidated powder. Terrain of choice today included trees and slopes <25° Avalanches were heard releasing in the distance throughout the day. A quick & dirty pit on a North aspect at treeline showed reactivity of 2 storm snow layers in the easy range. Deeper layers were reactive in the hard range.
Snowpack
Cte3 down 15 on HST Cte6 down 30 Cth3 down 50 Cth7 down 80 Cth8 down 130 on facets
Avalanche
Heard upwards of 6 avalanches release from noon onwards to 4pm. 3 of these sounded significant in comparison to the other ones.