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Garibaldi summit

Published
Apr 18th, 2025 12:00 PM
AAnd
Garibaldi
Details

Type

quick

Coordinates

49.857373, -123.031717

Quick Observation
Parked at 1000m on the cheekeye fsr, was Subaru friendly. Hard overnight freeze meant fast travel but was very solid until the main Garibaldi face which catches some morning sun so warmed up. Summit just after 11 which seemed a nice time to get on top for a good ski down as things softened. Large cornice fall off hogs back ridge (?) which triggered a large slab avalanche over 1.5m deep, size 2.5. Everyone was skiing over the debris quickly as there's still a lot of overhead there, unsure of when it fell but must be the last day or two
Avalanche Information
Entered slope from above a cornice, sliding into the slope through a gap in the cornices on the ridge above the Trorey Glacier. The first skier in experienced some loose sluff which ran about 80m downslope. The third skier as they entered triggered a windslab under the steep part of the cornice which propagated about 10m but to skiers right of the line we were skiing, so the skier wasn't affected, this slid about 30-40m.
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