Pearson Creek
Observed Feb 8, 2023, 12:00 p.m. PST · Southwest Coast
This report was submitted with an older form.
Quick report
- Comment
- Group of 8 skiing fresh powder in Pearson Creek area near El Dorado Hut. First skier skied over a wind scoured patch of shallower snow that lay over a boulder. This motion triggered a release of the weak persistent layer that propagated uphill from the initial start zone about 50 metres where it stepped up to the more recent storm/wind slab. Slow moving size 2 avalanche which skier skied out of. Slope angle was approx 27 degrees at initial start zone.
- Weather
- Cold, Sunny
- Ride type
- Alpine slopes, Sunny slopes
- Riding quality
- Amazing
- Snow conditions
- Deep powder
Avalanche report
- Comment
- Group of 8 skiing fresh powder in Pearson Creek area near El Dorado Hut. First skier skied over a wind scoured patch of shallower snow that lay over a boulder. This motion triggered a release of the weak persistent layer that propagated uphill from the initial start zone about 50 metres where it stepped up to the more recent storm/wind slab. Slow moving size 2 avalanche which skier skied out of. Slope angle was approx 27 degrees at initial start zone.
- Run length
- 100
- Slab width
- 30
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Avalanche size
- 2
- Slab thickness
- 30
- Trigger sub type
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- E
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
- Start zone incline
- 27
- Avalanche character
- Deep persistent slab, Storm slab
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Number of avalanches
- 1
- Start zone elevation
- 2070
- Runout zone elevation
- 2040
- Avalanche observation
- More than48hrs ago
- Weak layer crystal type
- Storm snow
- Start zone elevation band
- Tln
- Avalanche occurrence datetime
- 2023-02-08T21:44:00.000Z