- Submitted by
- Ben Hewitt
- Observations date
- Friday, January 1, 2021 at 20:00
- Location
- 54.500820° N 128.956360° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-128.95636,54.50082,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Shames Slab Alert")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Friday, January 1, 2021 at 11:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- Less than 12 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 2 to 5
- The size of avalanche
- 1
- Slab thickness
- 30cm
- Avalanche Character
- Storm slab
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Intentional
- Start zone aspect
- SW
- W
- Start zone elevation band
- Below treeline
- Treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 1,200m
- Weak layer burial date
- Friday, January 1, 2021
- Weak layer crystal type
- Storm snow
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Wind exposure
- Reverse-loaded slope
- Vegetation cover
- Sparse trees or gladed slope
Comments
The new storm snow is sitting on a rain/sun crust roughly 30cm down. We ventured out to Fay-zurs and witnessed whoomphing, shooting cracks and a couple size 1 slides. These occurred on a low angle convex into a gully and a steep angle slope that leads into the gully upslope of the V. We decided to turn around and head to Prayer Flags and experienced the same thing. 30cm slabs were running fast and far as we ski cut Prayer Flags. We also unfortunately noticed that most of the groups (new backcountry users and experienced local backcountry skiers) we saw heading out of bounds were boot packing and had no avy/backcountry gear. Please play safe and be a good example to the newcomers. Happy New Year!
