The Burn
Observed Jan 5, 2021, 1:15 p.m. PST · purcells
This report was submitted with an older form.
Avalanche report
- Comment
- Classic human over confidence of slope. On the tour up saw three other two day old NE aspect 30cm crowns from natural avalanches. As the skier rolled over the slope triggered the avalanche, soft wind slab / storm slab. Skier slid with avalanche for 30-40 m (no burial - stayed on top of the soft debris). Bed surface was a buried wind crust.
- Run length
- 80
- Slab width
- 60
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Wind exposure
- Windward slope
- Avalanche size
- 1.5
- Slab thickness
- 40
- Trigger sub type
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- NE
- Vegetation cover
- Sparse trees
- Start zone incline
- 24
- Avalanche character
- Wind slab, Storm slab
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Number of avalanches
- 1
- Start zone elevation
- 1900
- Runout zone elevation
- 1820
- Weak layer crystal type
- Storm snow
- Start zone elevation band
- Tln
- Avalanche occurrence datetime
- 2021-01-05T13:15:00