Shorley

Avalanche date/time

Sunday, February 14, 2021 at 09:43

Number of avalanches in this report

2 to 5

The size of avalanche

1.5

Slab thickness

40cm

Slab width

50m

Run length

100m

Avalanche Character

• Wind slab

Trigger type

Skier

Trigger subtype

Intentional

Start zone aspect

• N

Start zone elevation band

• Treeline

Start zone elevation

1,900m

Start zone incline

40°

Wind exposure

Lee slope

Vegetation cover

Open slope

Kicked off a small cornice to the slope below and caused a 1.5 sized avalanche that we were not expecting given the low danger rating. Repeated this on 3 other cornices on the slope where only the more open areas were reactive.

We didn’t inspect the snowpack much further as we chose to drastically change our plans for the stay and build a jump on a more mellow protected slope.

We did later ride some steeper tree’d slopes on a similar aspect and elevation and had no reactivity.