Vermilion Peak
Quick reportjake.finnan · Mar 4, 2018 · Kootenay
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, windy, cloudy, sunny
- Ride Type
- denseTrees, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- Amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab
Vermilion Peak had excellent skiing in the upper trees March 4th. A few size 1 loose dry avalanches witnessed today from the March 3rd storm, about 10cm of soft storm slab - isolated to steep terrain and on convex slopes in steep terrain including in the trees higher up. Main chute had a size 2 higher up from this same loose dry storm snow. Snowpack below this layer was rock solid. Turned around about 100m from the summit due to wind slab and a concerning moat in the cornice on RH side. No room up there for error -pretty dicey final stretch!
Weather
Calm winds below alpine. Strong winds on summit ridge creating wind slab. No wind effect below alpine.
Snowpack
Solid snowpack below 10cm storm layer.
Avalanche
A few size 1 loose dry avalanches witnessed today. 10cm of storm snow - soft slab in steep terrain (40 degrees) and on convex slopes in steep terrain including in sparse trees. Isolated to specific features. Snowpack below this layer is solid.