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Cornice Missile

Published
Jan 4th, 2025 8:00 AM
jlcurtat
Kootenay Pass
Details

Type

quick

Coordinates

49.074270, -117.068050

Quick Observation
Areas directly below ridges were wind affected and the thin wind slab was breaking under feet at we skied, limited propagation. Ski quality improved lower. Multiple hand shears on W side of cornice ridge were failing easily down 30cm.
Snowpack
Dug one pit. ECT:3 Sudden planar, 15cm down. No propagation. Second failure Hard 27: Resistant planar down 40cm on a thin crust. No propagation. Same results on CT. There is a thin ice layer about 100cm down with a few cm of 4 finger snow on top of it.