Skier Remote leading to multiple sympathetic releases
Observed Mar 18, 2025, 12:00 a.m. PDT · Central Rockies
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Avalanche report
- Comment
- Skier remote size 2 triggered from 24 deg terrain resulted in 6 additional sympathetic persistent and deep persistent slab releases. 4 size 2-2.5. 2 size 3-3.5. Weak layer failure traveled across alpine bowl feature covering a distance of ~800m.
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Wind exposure
- Cross loaded slope
- Avalanche size
- 3
- Trigger sub type
- Remote
- Start zone aspect
- S, W, NW, SW
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
- Avalanche character
- Persistent slab, Deep persistent slab
- Crust near weak layer
- No
- Number of avalanches
- 6-10
- Runout zone elevation
- 2200
- Weak layer burial date
- 2025-01-30
- Weak layer crystal type
- Facets
- Start zone elevation band
- Alp, Tln
- Avalanche occurrence datetime
- 2025-03-18T18:30:00.283Z