- Submitted by
- ski629
- Observations date
- Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 18:00
- Location
- 51.192090° N 116.065640° W
- Reporting on
- Ice conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Ice conditions
- Name of climb
- Stairs & Flowers
- Ice quality was:
- OK
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Cold
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
Highly spatially variable conditions approaching the climb. Isolated features produced whumpfing, shooting cracks, and slab releases. These seemed to be steeper convexities with a stiffer storm/persistent slab. We continued through to the route despite a climber involvement in a sz1.
Video attached here:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1GD8hpLig8/
