Size 1.5 Windslab just below Asulkan Hut

Activité

Ski

Nombre total de personne dans le groupe ?

4

Nombre de personnes entièrement ensevelies ?

0

Nombre de personnes partiellement ensevelies avec une respiration altérée ?

0

Nombre de personnes partiellement ensevelies avec une respiration normale ?

1

Nombre de personnes non blessées (emportées mais non ensevelies) ?

2

Nombre de personnes blessées (emportées mais non ensevelies) ?

0

Nombre de personnes impliquées ?

3

Épaisseur de neige au point de déclenchement

Variable

Piège naturel

• Ravin ou dépression
• Transition de pente ou replat

A group of 4 were skinning up the Asulkan hut access route. Approximately 50 meters from the Asulkan hut, the group leader triggered a size 1.5 windslab on a leeside slope. The windslab was located of the looker’s left side of the hut gully.

The first person in the group was knocked over and carried approx. 5 meters downslope. They were majority buried except for one arm. They were able to breathe normally.

Group members 2&3 were impacted by the slab with snow up to their knees but were not knocked down. Group member 4 was not impacted.

The group extracted member 1 quickly. No injuries.

After, the group turned around and followed their skin track back down into the sheltered areas of the tree triangle.