Loose dry avalanches and parking
Quick reportpedknight · Dec 22, 2024 · Waterton Lakes
Quick report
- Weather
- warm
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- wet, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow
The small parking area was FULL by 10. It needs to be bigger or we need to get there earlier. Ski quality was excellent but snow was moist all day. Skins got wet crossing the lake.
Avalanche
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Wind Exposure
- leeSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 2
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- E
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Avalanche Character
- looseDry
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-12-22T22:00:00.606Z
Loose dry avalanches funneled through a rock gully and ran almost full path, covering the morning skin track just above the lake. It ran fast. Fortunately there were no skiers ascending or picking their way through on the way down.