Crowfoot Glacier

Date: Jan 19, 2025 Location: Crowfoot Glades -20°C at 09:00 AM, calm in trees, signs of wind slab above 2,200 m. Cracking observed near 2,200 m as we were skinning up. We dug a snowpit at 2,150m (NE aspect). Column tests failed at 40 cm (resistive planar, CP26-28). No failure and no propagation in the extended column test. Size 1.5 avalanche crown under Crowfoot Glacier at 51.64019, -116.43844. Likely triggered by serac or cornice failure on a persistent weak layer. Descent: Skied the skier's left of the glades, exiting near the creek around (51.64453, -116.42762).