- Submitted by
- k.woicesh
- Observations date
- Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 21:00
- Location
- 49.017870° N 114.078080° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Activity
- Skiing
Group details
- Total in the group?
- 3
- 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
- Trees
Comments
One party member dropped a ski down the steeper E aspect of ridge, which was wind loaded. I made the mistake of chasing it without fully assessing the slope. Slab gave way under me, carrying me 10m before I hit a tree with my feet and was able to self arrest. Slide ran 100m and fanned out to 150m wide. Very lucky to have avoided being carried into bigger trees below at higher speed.
