Kakwa - Natural Slide from Jan 5th

Avalanche

Linden Boulet · Jan 5, 2019 · Kakwa

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Quick report

Weather
warm
Ride Type
mellowSlopes
Stayed Away
alpineSlopes, sunnySlopes
Riding Quality
Amazing
Snow Conditions
deepPowder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab

A few observed small size 1 slides and sluffing. Large (aprox. Size 3) loose dry snow avalanche observed off kakwa lake (pictured). significant new snow load with buried hazards. However, riding in simple terrain is awesome.

Avalanche

Avalanche was observed running down towards Kakwa Lake. We did not get any closer than the photo therefore some of the information is unknown. Ie: Slope angle, persistent layer, slab depth etc.