Wolf peak

Published

Dec 1st, 2020 1:00 PM

ben.s

Kootenay Pass

Details

Type

avalanche

Coordinates

49.102654, -117.046824

Quick Observation

Party of 3 on Wolf Peak south slopes. Beauty blue bird day with good skiing. Cross loading and sastrugi above ~2000m. Pockets of boot top powder can be found below ridgetop and above ~1700m in natural depressions, draws and couloirs. Below ~1700m BTL remains sporty. Alder and deadfall remain obv early season hazards. At mid-day melt freeze 'zipper' crust was forming on surface of solar slopes.

Snowpack

CTE1 RP down 5cm (wind deposited) and 12cm (hst) simultaneous CTM14 RP down 30cm on 0.5mm rounds CTH21 RP down 80cm on rounding facets 0.5mm ECTN3 down 5cm and 12cm ECTN22 down 30cm