Nch'Kay- Atwell NW Face Obs
christieimages155,
Monday 6th January, 2025 10:00AM
Jan 5th low level cloud gave some spectacular visuals of Nch'Kay Massif. Notable was the appearance of a mid season snow pack in extremely steep terrain. Based on many years of Obs up there.
Rock is caked with Rind.
I departed to building N wind as sun set behind Tantalus Range.
Returned Jan 6th and observed 2 large crowns on the North Face. Suspect Cornice Failure trigger during the night with propagation into the neighboring Couloir.
Avalanche info are estimates. Runout obscured by landscape.
We rode N facing low angle supported terrain and found excellent winter conditions.



Location: 49.84237000 -123.00980000