Crowfoot Couloir
AvalancheJeffMcK · Mar 30, 2022 · West Side 93N
Quick report
- Weather
- sunny, warm
- Ride Type
- steepSlopes, alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder, powder, wet, hard
Signs of recent sloughing/flushing (24hrs or longer) out of the Couloir could be observed from the parking lot. Lots of refrozen roller balls on the fan as well. We stopped just shy of the choke point, near the ice on climbers right as not enough cold cover moved in to shield the cornices above us from the sun. The skiing in the Couloir was amazing, cold, dry and very well bonded powder. A choppy section of the fan working through the roller balls and then a corn harvest on the lower fan. We did a second lap from skiers left of the fan again in great corn snow. Going up for the second lap we noticed lots of new roller balls, some larger ones that peeled out of pockets near the lower cliffs. Timing is everything.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -5
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- fewClouds
- Wind Direction
- SW
- New Snow24 Hours
- 2
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- none
On our second lap the wind changed to a light/moderate Westerly which cooled things off and brought in more cloud cover.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 100
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Start Zone Aspect
- E, NE
- Avalanche Character
- looseWet, looseDry, corniceOnly
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Avalanche Observation
- 24to48hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2022-03-30T09:30:00
Multiple wet loose below the NE, E facing cliffs as well as what appeared to be a cornice failure resulting in a secondary loose in the Couloir all up to sz 1.