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Kootenay Pass

Published
Feb 4th, 2022 10:00 AM
rthomfor
North Rockies
Details

Type

quick

Coordinates

49.106670, -116.957870

Quick Observation

Skiing a cutback today when a skier remotely triggered a small avalanche on the late January surface hoar layer.

Avalanche Information

Recent storm snow has consolidated in the last couple of days and formed a 25cm slab. Skier remotely triggered the slide from about 20 m away. Slide started on a steep convex roll and didn't propagate to a deeper slab. Snow under the slab was crusty.