Melissa's run size 2-3
Observed Apr 8, 2023, 3:00 p.m. PDT · Southwest Coast
This report was submitted with an older form.
Quick report
- Weather
- Cloudy, Windy
- Ride type
- Convex slopes, Alpine slopes
- Riding quality
- Ok
- Snow conditions
- Wet, Crusty, Powder, Heavy, Wind affected
- Avalanche conditions
- Avalanche condition snow, Avalanche condition slab
Avalanche report
- Comment
- This is second hand information - hopefully the group who triggered it submits a more detailed MIN. Our group of 5 skied Melissa's run main avalanche path off of Blowdown peak. First skier noticed wind slab off the ridge with prior ski cut that release a sz1 by a group of two who skied ahead of us a few hours before. We decided to ski the exact same tracks as they did to mitigate risk of triggering anything else. Past the first 100 m or so snow felt fine and we skied down without further incident. Upon arrival at the parking lot another group informed us that they trigger a sz2-3 on the same run after us. They reported triggering at an area with rocks about 50 m off our tracks skiers left on entrance to run. Numbers reported here are from our short conversation with them and the picture we took the next morning of the area from the road.
- Run length
- 500
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Avalanche size
- 2.5
- Slab thickness
- 39
- Trigger sub type
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- NW
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
- Avalanche character
- Wind slab
- Number of avalanches
- 1
- Start zone elevation
- 2169
- Runout zone elevation
- 1819
- Avalanche observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Start zone elevation band
- Alp
- Avalanche occurrence datetime
- 2023-04-08T22:10:00.000Z
Incident report
- Group size
- 4
- Description
- See avalanche tab
- Terrain trap
- Gully depression
- Group activity
- Skiing
- Number injured
- 0
- Number involved
- 0
- Number caught only
- 0
- Number fully buried
- 0
- Number partly buried able breathing
- 0
- Number partly buried impaired breathing
- 0