- Submitted by
- nick.baggaley
- Observations date
- Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at 04:30
- Location
- 51.213228° N 115.549049° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Observed debris of a roughly size 2 wet slab avalanche down most of the Cascade Falls ice climb yesterday. Appeared to be triggered by daytime sluffs from rocks above - depth was roughly 10cm on average, width varied between 3-6m.