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Grizzly Couloir

Published
Jan 10th, 2021 10:00 AM
stanfield970
Little Yoho
Details

Type

avalanche

Coordinates

51.313429, -117.562931

Quick Observation

Grizzly couloir- early start, felt warm this morning around -3. Moderate gusting to strong winds on the ridge above teddy bear trees. Very wind effected, lots of sastrugi, small shooting cracks and a 5cm wind slab. Couloir skied well but slightly wind effected. Small 0.5 triggered on skiers right @ 2450m. 20 down wind slab. Slid 2/3m. Dry loose was easy to manage. Wind increased throughout the day in the alpine. Tree line provided the best snow of the day with a ski pen of 25cm.

Avalanche Information

Small .5 when skier began to traverse the slope.