- Submitted by
- Kootenay Backcountry Guides
- Observations date
- Monday, January 29, 2018 at 15:06
- Location
- 49.069949° N 117.054731° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Foggy
- Stormy
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
We remote triggered 2 sz 2's from just below ridgtop on a NE aspect at TL. The fracture line went 150m with the 2 avalanches separated by 50m and a huge crack. Some cornice released and the max crown depth was 200cm and the average was 100cm. The failure occurred on SH sz 4 to 6. Jan 17th
We also dug a profile on a South aspect and got an ECT P dwn 100cm on jan 17th SH on a crust.
We stayed on very low angle slopes.