- Submitted by
- maryjo.weirweiss
- Observations date
- Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 23:45
- Location
- 49.638804° N 123.075321° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 23:45
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- Less than 12 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1.5
- Slab width
- 20m
- Run length
- 10m
- Avalanche Character
- Persistent slab
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- N
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 1,500m
- Start zone incline
- 35°
- Runout zone elevation
- 1,500m
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Wind exposure
- Down flow
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
First Skier stopped near the bottom of a small concave slope on N aspect, just west of the chute below East Nai. Second skier followed and while joining first skier on concave slope, broke a thin crown over head, we heard a loud crack. Slab travelled down hill only a few meters before stopping due to the uphill swoop at the bottom of the concavity. Interestingly the debris at the bottom of the slab travelled uphill a bit before stopping. Slab was very hard and broke across adjacent features but did not travel far given the concave nature of the terrain. We suspect that the trigger point was a thin part of snow near an ice bulge.

