- Submitted by
- nickkeenan
- Observations date
- Monday, February 17, 2025 at 22:00
- Location
- 51.620992° N 116.496799° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Wind affected
Information
- The day was:
- Cold
- Windy
Comments
3 days on the Wapta starting at Bow lake. Extremely windy on Sat above Bow Hut, not the best place to find some Pow turns with widespread wind affect on the glacier. Coverage on the glaciers was generally quite good. Only place we measured height of snow was on vulture Glacier with a 200cm snowpack. Travel was reasonably slow with the 25-30cms of consolidated snow providing too much resistance to ski down the low angle glaciers. Expect to be walking downhill as well as uphill. 1 other party completed same time as us but started at Peyto lake, they reported snow coverage was extremely thin/ non existant on the Peyto approach with minimal snow until the glacier. Would recommend starting at Bow Lake until we get more snow. Exit via Sherbrooke Creek was fine, no issues with coverage there. See snowpack section for more specific details on snow coverage.





