Below Goldie Lake
Observed Dec 31, 2025, 9:00 a.m. PST · Purcells
This report was submitted with an older form.
Quick report
- Weather
- Warm
- Riding quality
- Good
- Snow conditions
- Powder
- Avalanche conditions
- Avalanche condition slab
Avalanche report
- Comment
- Triggered/reported by party of 3 ski touring in backcountry near Panorama. Group was spaced out skinning across steep shale slope. Second person across toe triggered slope, deployed airbag and was carried ~40m to bench below. Partial burial with head and one hand exposed. Lost both polls, skis did not release. No injuries, and the group was able to skin back to the ski area without outside assistance. Suspect PS on Mid Nov MFcr in thin wind scoured area.
- Run length
- 80
- Slab width
- 40
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Wind exposure
- Windward slope
- Avalanche size
- 1.5
- Trigger sub type
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- W
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
- Avalanche character
- Persistent slab
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Number of avalanches
- 1
- Start zone elevation
- 2340
- Runout zone elevation
- 2260
- Weak layer burial date
- 2025-11-14
- Avalanche observation
- 24to48hrsAgo
- Weak layer crystal type
- Facets
- Start zone elevation band
- Tln
- Avalanche occurrence datetime
- 2025-12-31T17:05:00.000Z
Incident report
- Group size
- 3
- Description
- Triggered/reported by party of 3 ski touring in backcountry near Panorama. Group was spaced out skinning across steep shale slope. Second person across toe triggered slope, deployed airbag and was carried ~40m to bench below. Partial burial with head and one hand exposed. Lost both polls, skis did not release. No injuries, and the group was able to skin back to the ski area without outside assistance. Suspect PS on Mid Nov MFcr in thin wind scoured area.
- Terrain trap
- Slope transition or bench
- Group activity
- Skiing
- Number involved
- 1
- Snow depth trigger point
- Shallow
- Terrain shape trigger point
- Planar
- Number partly buried able breathing
- 1
- Number partly buried impaired breathing
- 0