- Submitted by
- snoops_50
- Observations date
- Sunday, December 30, 2018 at 21:00
- Location
- 49.011800° N 120.914940° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Activity
- Snowshoeing
Group details
- Total in the group?
- 2
- People fully buried?
- 0
- People partly buried with normal breathing?
- 0
- People not injured (caught but not buried)?
- 1
- People injured (caught but not buried)?
- 1
- People involved?
- 2
Terrain details
- Terrain shape at trigger point
- Planar
- Snow depth at trigger point
- Average
- Terrain traps
- Trees
Comments
Snowshoed up a steep slope coming out of the trees. In retrospect given the terrain and current conditions the slope should have been avoided. Fortunately both snowshoers were able to walk away from it albeit one with a fractured rib from impact with a tree.
