- Submitted by
- fbr
- Observations date
- Sunday, February 28, 2021 at 20:00
- Location
- 52.765630° N 120.967530° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-120.96753,52.76563,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Testing those North slopes...")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Activity
- Skiing
Group details
- Total in the group?
- 2
- 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
- Convex
- Snow depth at trigger point
- Shallow
- Terrain traps
- Slope transition or bench
Comments
Group discussed skiing the ridge of this gully. When we got up there, we discussed ski cutting the top of the start zone. No results when we rendezvous in a safe zone. We looked further at the slope and decided that the weak point would be the convexity in the middle. We were correct as the slope was cross loaded from the evenings storm and wind. The slope was skied one at a time with radio communication. Escape routes were planned, and at the time the risk seemed manageable.
Hindsight, it did what we expected, but it wasn't necessary. Knowing this slope had flushed multiple times made the confidence higher then it should be.
