- Submitted by
- sondre100
- Observations date
- Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at 21:00
- Location
- 51.260140° N 117.672220° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-117.67222,51.26014,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "McGill Ski triggered slab")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Activity
- Skiing
Group details
- Total in the group?
- 4
- People fully buried?
- 0
- People partly buried with impaired breathing?
- 0
- People partly buried with normal breathing?
- 0
- People not injured (caught but not buried)?
- 0
- People injured (caught but not buried)?
- 0
- People involved?
- 0
Terrain details
- Terrain shape at trigger point
- Convex
- Snow depth at trigger point
- Average
- Terrain traps
- Trees
Comments
Triggering: A combination of rapid warming of the top layer, a very reactive weak layer, a small convex terrain feature (at the top of the slope) and the weight of a skier.
The skier did a right turn when the avalanche was triggered and avoided the avalanche.
