Avalanche in first bowl torpy

Submitted by
gregwilbur
Observations date
Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 19:00
Location
54.004820° N 121.151910° W
Reporting on
  • Ice conditions
Map for Mountain Information Network report: Avalanche in first bowl torpy

Ice conditions

Ice quality was:
Terrible
Wind was:
  • Forming cornices
We retreated from the climb because of
  • Other
We retreated from the climb because of (description for other reason)
Due to the considerable high avalanche conditions and visibility was extremely poor we only rode meadows

Information

The day was:
  • Foggy
Avalanche conditions
  • Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
  • 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.

Comments

Witnessed while snowmobiling Saturday January 11th. We rode the meadows and trees beside the first bowl in The torpy that we triggered an avalanched in the first bowl. It was triggered from more 200’ away. From what we could see due to poor visibility due to fog it was close to size 2.