North cornice failure

Submitted by
adamburgart
Observations date
Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 18:00
Location
51.278410° N 117.144320° W
Reporting on
  • Snow conditions
Map for Mountain Information Network report: North cornice failure

Information

Activity
Skiing

Group details

People partly buried with normal breathing?
1
People involved?
1

Terrain details

Snow depth at trigger point
Variable

Comments

Third skier was working their way into the line (lookers left). Ridge top storm slab was reactive and as a small slab kicked off causing a surprise cornice failure behind the skier. This triggered the rest of slopes storm to go at a less than ideal spot. 100m tomahawk/ride to the fan, half buried.

Third skier was working their way into the line (lookers left). Ridge top storm slab was reactive and as a small slab kicked off causing a surprise cornice failure behind the skier. This triggered the rest of slopes storm to go at a less than ideal spot. 100m tomahawk/ride to the fan, half buried. Lost a ski
Third skier was working their way into the line (lookers left). Ridge top storm slab was reactive and as a small slab kicked off causing a surprise cornice failure behind the skier. This triggered the rest of slopes storm to go at a less than ideal spot. 100m tomahawk/ride to the fan, half buried. Lost a ski