[MCR] Bow summit area avalanches

Subject: [MCR] Bow summit area avalanches
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 17:15:19 -0600
We tried to get up to Little Crowfoot today. When we approached Bow canyon we 
remote triggered (from 150 m away) a healthy size 2 avalanche above and to the 
right of the canyon which ran into the trees above the canyon. We turned around 
but another party who went to look at our avalanche remote triggered another 
slide on a slope in the canyon which put over 1 m of debris where the trail 
regularly goes. 

Lots of other recent large deep slabs on slopes visible from the highway 
including a few above regular ski runs like Crowfoot Glades. We ended up 
practicing rope skills on flat ground. 

Mark Klassen
IFMGA Mountain Guide
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