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Inconsistent, Unpredictable, and Shmooey: The Snowpack (and Kootenay Men)

Submitted by
heatherr_06
Observations date
Thursday, February 5, 2026 at 02:00
Location
51.173300° N 116.959400° W
Reporting on
  • Snow conditions
Map for Mountain Information Network report: Inconsistent, Unpredictable, and Shmooey: The Snowpack (and Kootenay Men)

Information

Activity
Skiing

Group details

Total in the group?
3
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
Planar
Snow depth at trigger point
Shallow
Terrain traps
  • No obvious terrain trap

Comments

Second skier triggered
This is a nice picture of some layers in the snow.
This is a nice picture of some layers in the snow.
This is a nice picture of our size 0.5 skier triggered incident
This is a nice picture of our size 0.5 skier triggered incident
This is a nice angle from the bottom of the 0.5 incident
This is a nice angle from the bottom of the 0.5 incident