Cross loaded wind slab on South aspect
Observed Jan 6, 2026, 5:00 p.m. PST · Selkirks
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Avalanche report
- Comment
- Stepped onto the edge of a cross-loaded start zone at the top of an obvious avalanche path on the south side of Trundle Point and released a wind slab extending from ski tips 30 meters into the path. Deepest point of the crown was approx 20cm. Ran full path 500m picking up what looked like some more wind deposits on the way. Did not appear to step down to any other layers from our safe vantage point. No skiers caught.
- Run length
- 500
- Slab width
- 30
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Wind exposure
- Cross loaded slope
- Avalanche size
- 2
- Slab thickness
- 20
- Trigger sub type
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- S
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
- Start zone incline
- 35
- Avalanche character
- Wind slab
- Crust near weak layer
- No
- Number of avalanches
- 1
- Start zone elevation
- 2400
- Runout zone elevation
- 1900
- Weak layer burial date
- 2026-01-05
- Avalanche observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak layer crystal type
- Storm snow
- Start zone elevation band
- Alp
- Avalanche occurrence datetime
- 2026-01-06T17:00:00.000Z