North facing naturals and deep 🤿 in the 🌲🌲🌲

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AvCan Northwest
Observations date
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Location
54.645200° N 127.624900° W
Reporting on
  • Snow conditions
Map for Mountain Information Network report: North facing naturals and deep 🤿 in the 🌲🌲🌲

Information

Avalanche conditions
  • Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
  • 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.

Comments

It’s DEEP in protected areas near treeline, but watch out for steep north facing features in the alpine, we saw three different large avalanches in that terrain that likely ran towards the end of the storm. There’s 20 to 60 cm of new snow on the old surface, and the warm and windy storm has formed the new snow into a slab, especially in wind exposed terrain. That being said, the warm storm snow is bonding better than we anticipated in the Sinclair area. We’ll continue to investigate the bond between the facets formed during the drought, and the recent storm snow, as we conduct our field work this week. Stay tuned.
North facing size 2.5 avalanche at 1600 m, just above the cabin, likely ran Sunday.
North facing size 2.5 avalanche at 1600 m, just above the cabin, likely ran Sunday.
This doesn't capture how deep it is in the more wind protected areas, but it didn't suck here either.
This doesn't capture how deep it is in the more wind protected areas, but it didn't suck here either.
A bit smaller avalanche that also ran on a north facing feature, during the storm.
A bit smaller avalanche that also ran on a north facing feature, during the storm.
The yee-haw factor was pretty fun today. 🤠
The yee-haw factor was pretty fun today. ðŸ¤