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Cayoosh Mt.

Published
Feb 12th, 2020 11:30 AM
Aidan Franscioni
Cariboos
Details

Type

avalanche

Coordinates

50.406240, -122.514530

Avalanche Information

Triggered a small slab on the boot-pack traverse into Million Dollar Couloir. 20cm windslab then sympathetically triggered a much larger slab further down slope. Crown ranged from 20cm to +180cm but with dangerous access and limited visibility we didn't examine further. Suspect a combination of sun warming, wind slab and persistent deep layer all played factors (slide ran to ground in sections of the path).

Incident

Triggered a small slab on the boot-pack traverse into Million Dollar Couloir. 20cm windslab then sympathetically triggered a much larger slab further down slope. Crown ranged from 20cm to +180cm but with dangerous access and limited visibility we didn't examine further. Suspect a combination of sun warming, wind slab and persistent deep layer all played factors (slide ran to ground in sections of the path).