- Submitted by
- mglover
- Observations date
- Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 18:00
- Location
- 51.520850° N 116.581950° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Activity
- Skiing
Group details
- Total in the group?
- 2
- 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
- Slope transition or bench
Comments
We triggered a small avalanche on a SE slow slope in the Little Yoho Valley area. We had previously skied this slope and went up for another run. We tried to stay to relatively low angled, protected slopes. We skied one at a time. My partner skied the slope first and I followed once he was through the 30 deg section and waiting in a protected area below. I then started to ski the slope and triggered the slide. I immediately skied out into the treed area (lookers right), alerting my friend below. The avalanche triggered at the small convexity between the low angled slope above and the somewhat steeper (~30 deg) slope that slid. The slope appeared to fail on the deep persistent weakness pretty much at the bottom of the pack.
