Bow Lake Shenanigans

Left the parking lot around 9am and headed towards Bow hut for a little getaway. We were optimistic about making it to our destination but knew full well that we would probably be turned around. Started noticing signs of instability at the end of the lake as we experienced large areas of settlement creating massive whumps. We continued forward through the gravel flats experiencing more whumping and noticed old avalanche activity from the storm a week prior. These avalanches had been released in shallow rocky areas that propagated quite far. Decided to enter the canyon as old avalanches had cleared lots of the overhead hazard and stopped for lunch just on the other side. At this point we all felt a little uneasy about the trail ahead as the terrain became more complex and more consequential. Before turning around we had dug a pit just to see why the snow pack was so sketch. At 2050m we had a HST of 110cm about 60cm of new firm snow and below that 50cm of facets to the ground. If something were to slide it would be BIG. Failed at 21 taps but in retrospect there was no angle to the slope we preformed it on. Thanks for reading and stay safe out there folks!