- Submitted by
- falzs
- Observations date
- Sunday, February 21, 2021 at 23:00
- Location
- 51.174039° N 116.271156° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Snow conditions were:
- Heavy
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Stormy
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Spent four days skiing the Rockwall. Temperatures ranged from -20 on Thursday night to +2 on Sunday. Strong winds started Saturday morning. We witnessed a size 2 slab avalanche out of extreme terrain on Tumbling Peak at 10 am Saturday. Saturday night we heard extensive avalanche activity while camped near Rockwall peak. On the ski out via Helmet Creek today we saw evidence of a natural avalanche cycle to size 2.5 on all aspects. The Ochre Peak path ran almost to the skin track crossing the bottom. No avalanches were observed Sunday despite rapid warming.