Size 1.5 Windslab just below Asulkan Hut

Activity

Skiing

Total in the group?

4

People fully buried?

0

People partly buried with impaired breathing?

0

People partly buried with normal breathing?

1

People not injured (caught but not buried)?

2

People injured (caught but not buried)?

0

People involved?

3

Snow depth at trigger point

Variable

Terrain traps

• Gully or depression
• Slope transition or bench

A group of 4 were skinning up the Asulkan hut access route. Approximately 50 meters from the Asulkan hut, the group leader triggered a size 1.5 windslab on a leeside slope. The windslab was located of the looker’s left side of the hut gully.

The first person in the group was knocked over and carried approx. 5 meters downslope. They were majority buried except for one arm. They were able to breathe normally.

Group members 2&3 were impacted by the slab with snow up to their knees but were not knocked down. Group member 4 was not impacted.

The group extracted member 1 quickly. No injuries.

After, the group turned around and followed their skin track back down into the sheltered areas of the tree triangle.