Avalanche Observations Matt Couchman Observation Crowsnest in a ping pong ball Made it the summit of Crowsnest. It was dope. Probed 240cm in the couloir. Still lots of good skiing to be had. 1 day ago 1 jocenade Observation Colombia Icefield May long weekend trip to the Columbia Icefield. Saturday: went under the serac to the ramp given an early start and obscured skies. The route is in good shape but Avi debris on the steep moraine and ice debris on the bench are good reminder... 1 day ago 1 James Minifie Observation Big terrain in the Icefields range. 6 days ago 0 anthony.stielow Observation Mt.Hector We skied Mt.Hector today and a few things to note. On the way up, the waterfall section still had some snow bridging, but it won't be there for much longer...maybe not even by tomorrow. The sketchiness of the bridging made for slow ascent... 1 week ago 1 jake.finnan Observation Mt Andromeda Mt Andromeda Ski (S ridge) - May 11 2019. 1650m gain 24.5km. 10 hours round trip. Currently you must walk from the far parking lot. Accessing the glacier toe was straightforward, no rivers yet. We had an excellent overnight freeze because o... 1 week ago 29 bryan.daneau Observation Howard Douglas / Eagle Basin (SSV) Good run up Howard Douglas today. Started with first gondola at 8am and snow was bullet proof all the way to the col (although col was softening up quite a bit by 11am so we turned around and skipped the summit). Upper ramp was in great sha... 1 week ago 3 Peter E. R. Nave Observation Mt. Baker Coverage And Conditions 1 week ago 0 Abby Cooper Observation Tropical in the Tantalus It was tropical up there. No overnight freeze. Temps around 15 degrees at 2090m elevation. The snowpack is a series of facets ranging from 3-6mm and laminated MFcrusts - at least where we investigated but seemed wise spread. Isothermic snow... 1 week ago 4 morrison.curtis Observation Mount Stephen Avalanche Natural activity off Mt. Stephen on deep instabilities. Viewed from the road. I don't know exactly when it came down, but i've been back and forth on that road lately, and looks to have come down yesterday (May 8th)? 1 week ago 1 benndoublenn Observation Shames warming Occured between 1100hrs and 1300hrs during rapid warming. Variable crown depth 50-100cm+ starting in alpine and following ridge into tree line. Runout path partially terminated above steep cliffs section with some debris settling, remainder... 2 weeks ago 2 Ken BÉLANGER_Elevation Guides Observation Still Winter Up High 2 weeks ago 0 cunningham.dylan Observation Fairview Avalanche Natural avalanche came of Fairview and hit Lake Louise. Likely triggered by solar heating as the late day sun got into the sides of the broad gullies that face more WNW. 2 weeks ago 0 Conrad Janzen Observation Excellent spring skiing! 2 weeks ago 0 Ben Wards Observation Quartz Ridge Let the corn harvest begin! Loaded Standish at 8:45 due to racing activity you can even catch an earlier lift! Skiing was fast due to a nice layer of fresh surface hoar and a supportive melt-freeze crust. We did a couple laps on the east a... 2 weeks ago 4 kayakwest Observation Asulkan Spent the weekend at Asulkan Hut. We just missed the great skiing. Warm air came in Thursday night replacing the solid winter conditions earlier in the week. Friday and Saturday night, temperatures were around zero at the hut, rising to... 2 weeks ago 2 yuji@onsightcanada.com Observation Wapta traverse 4/30-5/4 2 weeks ago 0 bensoneff Observation Parker ridge Had a great day up at Parker ridge went all the way to the ridge and did 2 laps on the top section didn’t a observe any whomping or cracking. Was sunny and warm most of the day and visibility was great. 2 weeks ago 4 jamesmclean686 Observation Dome Col Day up to Dome Col. Up track through the valley holding up. No refeeze, isothermal snow until upper alpine. Heavy but fun riding until back on moraine. Some wet slides on convexities when ski cut, slow moving same in tree line. Most natural... 2 weeks ago 2 Ben Wards Observation Robertson Climbed up and then skied down the Robertson Glacier today. Didn't want to deal with the south facing route up to the col. It was +1 C at the parking lot at 6:30am and +7 at 2pm when we finished. The skin track in the morning was a bit r... 2 weeks ago 4 jake.finnan Observation Snow Peak Avalanche Snow Peak Avalanche - Sat Mar 4 8:30am. Size 2 skier accidental. 3 involved, 1 caught for 10m before getting free, the 1 trigger skier was able to self arrest immediately, 1 not caught. Windslab on thick sun crust, crown 40cm+, propagation... 2 weeks ago 4 Ben Wards Observation Little Crowfoot Skied Little Crowfoot. Skiing across Bow Lake is still great and Bow canyon was still filled in. There was some harder wind slabs in the high alpine but mostly skiable soft slab and powder below 2650m. I needed to apply skin wax at 7:00am... 2 weeks ago 3 florianjungen Observation Hero’s Knob Another 15cm overnight makes 40cm slightly upside down storm snow skiing like mashed potatoes from ridge top (2400m) around the crack of noon. Storm snow starting to release as a slab on steeper terrain with some propagation including Na on... 2 weeks ago 2 Ben Wards Observation Hero's Knob Skied Hero's Knob today. Excellent powder for May. In the upper bowl there was 40 and 65 cm of powder sitting on a temperature crust or facet layer. Skiing was very good but was getting heavy down low around 3pm. The day was on and off c... 3 weeks ago 2 Jason Kuruc Observation Good skiiing above 2000m at McMurdo Hut 3 weeks ago 0 Dave Sarkany Observation McBride SkiTraverse 3 weeks ago 0 Ken BÉLANGER_Elevation Guides Observation Good Skiing: is it really 1st May tomorrow? 3 weeks ago 0 snow.safety Observation Observation Peak Slope released 20 m below us while skiing down the main line up this side of Obs Peak. 20-40 cm slab on facets above a hard crust. Ran a surprisingly long distance. After skiing down we observed an adjacent size 2 avalanche with the same ch... 3 weeks ago 2 Kyle Chartrand Observation ACMG Full Ski Exam Week conditions report 3 weeks ago 0 sprockter Observation Indian Basin Recent upslope storm created unusual windloading patterns on ALP solars (Indian Peak) which caused for variable ski conditions and a very significant whumph @2300m. In sheltered north-facing alpine terrain between 2200-2500m, conditions wer... 3 weeks ago 1 jim Observation Chekamus Mtn Noticed a significant sz2 Na on Chekamus north face. Crown line looked crisp and did not have much degradation in the moderate winds. Suspected no more than 48h old. 3 weeks ago 1 Moritz Altenbach Observation Parker Ridge Second day of Touring at the Icefields Pkwy. Started at sunrise up Parker Ridge from the Parker Ridge Parking. Did two laps next to the trees in the early am. Had a coffee and started a third lap at around 11:30. Weather obs on top of Parke... 3 weeks ago 3 Moritz Altenbach Observation Crowfoot Pass Toured up to Crowfoot Pass on Thursday 04/25. Early start at sunrise from Crowfoot Glacier VP. Traveling up to treeline was difficult on a strong MFcr, ski crampons would've been helpful/ were used. Above TL about 2 cm of light snow were si... 3 weeks ago 3 Will Woods Observation Northern Selkirks Traverse - Esplanade to Fairy Meadows 3 weeks ago 0 bdpiche Observation French Haig Robertson (attempt) Full whiteout after blue skies during the approach. Then by the time we get back to the lot, it’s fully clear again. Travel was very good on old tracks, and thank god some put the skin track back in on the summer trail rather then the ‘suff... 3 weeks ago 4 Peter E. R. Nave Observation High Alpine Coast Conditions 3 weeks ago 0 Ryan Shelly Observation Albert Edward Great day corn skiing off saddle of Mt Albert Edward and Jutland. Saw several slab avalanches (up to size 2) on steep features that released as a result of natural cornice fall. Also saw several fresh loose wet avalanches also from steep fe... 3 weeks ago 8 Steve Wheeler Observation Devils punch bowl Started the day mid morning on NW facing slope, wind loaded mash potatoes, that was moving but not propagating. Nice snow. Switched near noon to more northerly exposed slope which was ice that softened enough to make easy descent on medium... 3 weeks ago 0 snow.safety Observation Cornice failure - Nararo Peak Couloir Natural cornice failure triggered wind slab below ridge which stepped down into the April or March facets. The resulting avalanche ran to the bottom of the couloir hitting two skiers who were descending the choke in the couloir. The two ski... 3 weeks ago 3 sprockter Observation Boundary Glacier Up Hilda Valley, down Boundary Glacier. Elev. Range: 2000-3000m. Numerous LW and LD avalanches to sz 1.5 on all aspects from several days ago. Minor sluffing in steep N-facing terrain obs. in Hilda Valley. Snowpack layers varied throughout... 3 weeks ago 2 Olivia Sofer Observation Variable Spring Conditions 3 weeks ago 0 geoffbirch Observation Goat Horn HBM The sun was hiding behind clouds in early afternoon which kept temps freezing in the alpine. Above 2000m it was cold & snowing...like winter. Below Treeline (~1500m) it was slightly above zero but the snow wasn't wet or sticky, since the... 3 weeks ago 4 florianjungen Observation Jupiter Traverse 3 weeks ago 0 mconlan Observation Spring riding on Boulder 3 weeks ago 0 jacoblaliberte Observation Tournée générale 4 weeks ago 0 chris1perra Observation Mica Dam to Blue River (2) 4 weeks ago 0 chris1perra Observation Mica Dam to Blue River 4 weeks ago 0 Dylan Cunningham Observation Wapta Travel Conditions 4 weeks ago 0 anichols17 Observation Swg Great riding on east aspects, got sloppy by end of day, some convexity and cornice that normally slide are intact, be good to watch out for. 4 weeks ago 1 Geoff Osler Observation ACMG Ski Guide Exam 1 month ago 0 Laurie Dumas Observation La Chasse 1 month ago 0