Large cornice failure

Submitted by
packedpow
Observations date
Saturday, April 23, 2022 at 22:00
Location
50.098220° N 123.230820° W
Reporting on
  • Snow conditions
Map for Mountain Information Network report: Large cornice failure

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
OK
Snow conditions were:
  • Heavy
  • Powder
  • Wet
We rode:
  • Alpine slopes
  • Mellow slopes

Information

The day was:
  • Cloudy
  • Foggy
  • Sunny
  • Warm
Avalanche conditions
  • Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.

Comments

Quick temperature rise mid day under cloudy skies crated heavy snow at all elevations and aspects except polar aspects above 2000m
Cornice in right half of photo had broken lose and taken most of snowpack on slope below it. Debris stretched halfway to bottom of slope.