Slab avalanche, skier triggered
Observed Feb 22, 2025, 1:00 p.m. PST · South Rockies
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Incident report
- Group size
- 3
- Description
- 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.
- Terrain trap
- Slope transition or bench, Trees
- Group activity
- Skiing
- Number injured
- 0
- Number involved
- 1
- Number caught only
- 1
- Number fully buried
- 0
- Snow depth trigger point
- Shallow
- Terrain shape trigger point
- Convex
- Number partly buried able breathing
- 0
- Number partly buried impaired breathing
- 0