- Submitted by
- david.l.lapidus
- Observations date
- Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 17:00
- Location
- 51.351980° N 115.229190° W
- Reporting on
- Ice conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Ice conditions
- Name of climb
- Hydrophobia
- Wind was:
- Blowing snow above the climb
- Blowing snow across the valley
- Blowing snow on the climb
- We retreated from the climb because of
- Spindrift
- Strong winds
Information
- The day was:
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
Comments
Did not climb due to spindrift coming down the climb and loading above the climb due to unforecasted wind speed and direction not shown in Windy or on Spotwx models in the alpine above climb beforehand.
Waiparous creek road was easy to drive in a stock 4wd truck. The hike was pretty straight forward snow walking with a bit of a boot pack most of the way.
