Bourgeau Left - Natural avalanche activity

Avalanche date/time

Sunday, December 25, 2022 at 07:00

Estimated occurrence time of avalanche

Less than 12 hours ago

Number of avalanches in this report

2 to 5

The size of avalanche

2.5

Avalanche Character

• Deep persistent slab
• Wind slab

Trigger type

Natural

Start zone aspect

• SE

Start zone elevation band

• Alpine

Several natural wind slab avalanches, size 1.5-2.5, occurred in the past 12+ hrs above the Bourgeau Left ice climb with at least one of them running over the climb. A couple of the wind slabs stepped down into the basal facets.

Several other natural avalanches up to size 2 were also observed on Mt Bourgeau and above the Healy Creek trail triggered by the new snow and wind on Christmas Eve.