Heavy load triggered wind slab
Observed Feb 18, 2026, 10:00 a.m. PST · Selkirks
This report was submitted with an older form.
Quick report
- Comment
- 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
- Weather
- Cloudy
- Ride type
- Alpine slopes, Open trees
- Riding quality
- Amazing
- Snow conditions
- Powder
- Avalanche conditions
- Avalanche condition slab
Avalanche report
- Comment
- 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
- Run length
- 200
- Slab width
- 50
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Wind exposure
- Cross loaded slope
- Avalanche size
- 1.5
- Slab thickness
- 30
- Trigger sub type
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- W
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
- Start zone incline
- 37
- Avalanche character
- Wind slab
- Number of avalanches
- 1
- Start zone elevation
- 2320
- Avalanche observation
- 12to24hrsAgo
- Weak layer crystal type
- Storm snow
- Start zone elevation band
- Alp
- Avalanche occurrence datetime
- 2026-02-18T18:00:00.000Z
Incident report
- Group size
- 10
- Description
- 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
- Terrain trap
- No trap
- Group activity
- Skiing
- Number injured
- 0
- Number involved
- 1
- Number caught only
- 1
- Number fully buried
- 0
- Snow depth trigger point
- Deep
- Terrain shape trigger point
- Planar
- Number partly buried able breathing
- 0
- Number partly buried impaired breathing
- 0