Crowfoot Glades
Quick reportnahannimckay · Jan 24, 2024 · Glacier
Quick report
- Weather
- warm
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees, denseTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, alpineSlopes
- Snow Conditions
- powder
Went up to Crowfoot Glades. Stayed on mellow slopes on skiers left in the trees. Surprisingly no wind crust. Riding was good but got worse near the base. Due to the forecast we made conservative choices and stayed away from overhead
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Wind Direction
- NE
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- none
There were winds forecasted that day but there was non heading up to tree line and mild winds at tree line. Temperature stayed around 0
Snowpack
- Depth
- 100
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- NE
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 2150
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- facets
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets
Did a compression test with a 100cm base. Base layer had about 2-3mm facets
Avalanche
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Avalanche Size
- 1.5
- Start Zone Aspect
- E
- Avalanche Character
- corniceOnly, looseDry
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Avalanche Observation
- 24to48hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- facets
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-01-24T18:29:00.000Z
Witnessed a cornice failure on the approach to Bowcrow causing a 1-2 size sluff avalanche with about 100 m runout. We made the decision to stay away from overhead hazards