- Submitted by
- olivereisele14
- Observations date
- Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 08:00
- Location
- 49.744806° N 118.942029° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-118.94202878468687,49.744806079492065,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Backside Falcon/Big White incident")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Activity
- Skiing
Terrain details
- Terrain shape at trigger point
- Convex
- Snow depth at trigger point
- Average
- Terrain traps
- Gully or depression
- Slope transition or bench
Comments
Witnessed an individual ski a very obviously windloaded north facing slope behind Falcon chair at Big White and trigger a slab that propagated. They were able to cut across far enough to beat the propagation. Approx size 1 slab ~20-30cm crown, ran ~50m propagated under skiers pressure ~ 100m. I dug a quick pit nearby in a safe location. The wind slab is wide spread across the North aspects and is ~10-20+cm thick in some areas. I found the slab had significant breaking energy under my tests.
