Kicking Horse, How many times can 1 slope avalanche?

Riding quality was:

Good

Snow conditions were:

• Powder
• Wind affected

We rode:

• Alpine slopes
• Dense trees
• Mellow slopes
• Steep slopes
• Sunny slopes

We stayed away from:

• Convex slopes
• Cut blocks
• Open trees

The day was:

• Cold
• Sunny

Avalanche conditions

• Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
• Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.

Interesting to see a SE aspect slope avalanche for at least the 3rd time this year.

Looked like a skier accidental sz 2-2.5 suspect wind slab on the October crust/Facets.

Photo 1 todays view of skier accidental sz 2-2.5 avalanche

Photo 2 marked up to show this years avalanche sequence over the last 2 months. 1: Sz 3.5 skier remote, 2: sz 2 natural windslabs, 3: skier accidental sz 2-2.5 (recent)

Photo 3 cracking and hang fire in alpine feature. we avoided undercutting or touching steep side walls in alpine features for fear of triggering slabs from below, we had cracking down 40cm on the edge of steep uncompacted terrain features.

Note: I did a MCR report the other day but it is only visible on the Avalanche Canada web site, it's not visible on the app, MCR reports should be visible on the app with a future upgrade.

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