- Submitted by
- southrockies
- Observations date
- Saturday, February 13, 2021 at 19:30
- Location
- 49.836110° N 114.829080° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Cut blocks
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cold
- Sunny
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
Comments
Braved the cold and headed up to a treeline ridge at 2100m and dug on NE and S aspects to investigate the persistent avalanche problem. Making sure not to travel in any terrain that its likely to be in on the way. We found the January drought layer down 50cm and it was made up of surface hoar and facets. We did several snowpack tests on it (ECTx2, PST, RBx2) and only got one result that indicated instability (Extended column test propagated in hard range). Also observed a few natural cornice triggered avalanches (size 2.5) out of extreme NE alpine terrain. We suspect they occurred in the last 24 hours.
