Purcell natural cornice failures

Quick report

Weather

cold, sunny, windy

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, cutBlocks, mellowSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab

Had a nice alpine tour in the Purcells today with sunny skys. Notable large natural cornice failures in alpine that looked to be within 24hrs. Northern cornice failure at 2400m pulled large slab up to 1m depth equaled large deep debris field.