Rummel Lake

Avalanche

matthew.miezis · Dec 5, 2016 · Spray - KLakes

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Quick report

Weather
foggy, windy, cold, cloudy
Ride Type
openTrees, mellowSlopes, denseTrees
Stayed Away
steepSlopes, alpineSlopes, convexSlopes
Riding Quality
amazing
Snow Conditions
deepPowder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab

Went up to Rummel lake to take a look, witnessed a lot of sluff come down from the NW face of the cliff band on the SE corner of Rummel lake and trigger a size 1.5 - 2 avalanche down the scree slope to the lake edge. Crown was approx 100m wide, depth unknown. Temps were around -10 at 2200m Snow depth varied from 60cm - 80cm

Weather

Sky Condition
overcast
Precipitation Type
snow

Avalanche

Slab Width
100
Trigger Type
natural
Avalanche Size
2
Start Zone Aspect
NW
Avalanche Character
looseDry, stormSlab, windSlab
Number Of Avalanches
1
Start Zone Elevation Band
alp
Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
2016-12-04T12:00:00