Garibaldi Circumnavigation + Summit

Soumis par
gumgl
Date d'observation
samedi 29 mai 2021 à 19 h 00
Localisation
49.850440° N 123.004930° W
Rapport concernant
  • Conditions de neige
Carte pour le rapport du Réseau d'information en montagne: Garibaldi Circumnavigation + Summit

Conditions de neige

La qualité du hors-piste était:
Incroyable
Les conditions de neige étaient :
  • Durcie
  • Poudreuse
  • Mouillée
Nous avons parcouru:
  • Pentes alpines
  • Forêt dense
  • Pentes de faible inclinaison
  • Pentes ensoleillées

Information

La journée était:
  • Ensoleillée
  • Chaude
Conditions d'avalanche
  • 30 cm + de neige fraîche ou transport important de neige par le vent ou pluie au cours des dernières 48 heures
  • Augmentation rapide de la température jusqu'à près ou au-dessus de 0°C ou neige mouillée en surface.

Commentaires

Skied from Diamond Head parking lot (skis on at 1260m) to Garibaldi Glacier on day 1 (May 28, first 2 pics). Snow very wet, lots of recent loose wet avalanches. On day 2 we followed the Neve traverse on very firm snow (early morning) that progressively turned into 1m of dry snow (not wind loading) at ~2200m on the N side of Garibaldi. Heavy on the way out in the afternoon via Brohm Ridge.
Loose wet on the final descent to Ring Creek near the bridge to Opal Cone (E aspect, 1400m ASL). May 28 5pm.
Loose wet on the final descent to Ring Creek near the bridge to Opal Cone (E aspect, 1400m ASL). May 28 5pm.
More loose wet in that drainage.
More loose wet in that drainage.
Alpenglow view of Garibaldi E face (May 29, 5am). Lots of loose wet at ~1900m in foreground.
Alpenglow view of Garibaldi E face (May 29, 5am). Lots of loose wet at ~1900m in foreground.
View of Garibaldi Glacier. Everything still well filled in. Loose wet on N aspects of Opal Cone at 1700m in the background.
View of Garibaldi Glacier. Everything still well filled in. Loose wet on N aspects of Opal Cone at 1700m in the background.
Start of what turned into thigh-deep trail breaking in new snow on Garibaldi N face below summit. Bergschrund visible. Probed the bridge to 2m, seemed solid but new cracks were observed forming recently.
Start of what turned into thigh-deep trail breaking in new snow on Garibaldi N face below summit. Bergschrund visible. Probed the bridge to 2m, seemed solid but new cracks were observed forming recently.
Really good turns.
Really good turns.
Garibaldi-Atwell from the NW.
Garibaldi-Atwell from the NW.
W faces of Dalton Dome and Atwell from Brohm Ridge.
W faces of Dalton Dome and Atwell from Brohm Ridge.