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Heavy Day in Crowfoot

Published
Nov 28th, 2021 3:00 PM
Jaret Foster
Glacier
Details

Type

quick

Coordinates

51.641851, -116.415599

Quick Observation

Snowfall continued throughout the day in the glades with light winds. New snow amounted to 10-15 cm on previous unconsolidated powder. Terrain of choice today included trees and slopes <25° Avalanches were heard releasing in the distance throughout the day. A quick & dirty pit on a North aspect at treeline showed reactivity of 2 storm snow layers in the easy range. Deeper layers were reactive in the hard range.

Avalanche Information

Heard upwards of 6 avalanches release from noon onwards to 4pm. 3 of these sounded significant in comparison to the other ones.

Snowpack

Cte3 down 15 on HST Cte6 down 30 Cth3 down 50 Cth7 down 80 Cth8 down 130 on facets