- Submitted by
- Parks Canada Visitor Safety
- Observations date
- Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 22:03
- Location
- 51.162283° N 115.491787° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-115.49178710493818,51.1622829594707,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Natural avalanche cycle up to size 3 in the Banff area.")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 20:00
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 11 to 50
- The size of avalanche
- 3
- Avalanche Character
- Deep persistent slab
- Trigger type
- Natural
- Start zone aspect
- E
- N
- S
- W
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Weak layer crystal type
- Depth hoar
Comments
Observed a natural avalanche cycle up to size 3 in the Banff area today with avalanches running over Professor Falls, Cascade Falls, Sacre Bleu, Urs Hole and Bourgeau Left. Numerous other avalanches also occurred including on Eagle 3 near SSV. Mix of storm slabs and deep persistent slab failures.
