- Submitted by
- keith
- Observations date
- Wednesday, February 18, 2026 at 18:00
- Location
- 49.812040° N 117.946700° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-117.9467,49.81204,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Heavy load triggered wind slab")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Activity
- Skiing
Group details
- Total in the group?
- 10
- People fully buried?
- 0
- People partly buried with impaired breathing?
- 0
- People partly buried with normal breathing?
- 0
- People not injured (caught but not buried)?
- 1
- People injured (caught but not buried)?
- 0
- People involved?
- 1
Terrain details
- Terrain shape at trigger point
- Planar
- Snow depth at trigger point
- Deep
- Terrain traps
- No obvious terrain trap
Comments
Skier hucked off cross-loaded wind lip/cornice triggering a size 1.5 wind slab (20-35cm deep), 50m wide, that ran 200 meters. Skier pulled airbag and stayed on surface. No injuries. No lost gear. Lessons learned described in this State of the Snowpack Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G69ndo3_vrE
