- Submitted by
- stauffer.lisa
- Observations date
- Monday, February 3, 2025
- Location
- 50.230840° N 126.330540° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-126.33054,50.23084,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Mount Cain Patrol")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Activity
- Skiing
Group details
- Total in the group?
- 3
- People fully buried?
- 0
- People partly buried with impaired breathing?
- 1
- People involved?
- 1
Terrain details
- Terrain shape at trigger point
- Convex
- Snow depth at trigger point
- Average
- Terrain traps
- Trees
Comments
250202 approx. 1420hrs
Sliders #4 West Bowl, Mount Cain
NE Asp. @TL
Between 35 to 40 deg. slope
Size 2, Skier Accidental
Fracture line was approx. 50 - 60 cm deep
100 m across and ran approx. 150 -200m
Bed surface was very hard ice crust
Test pit dug at a similar elev. and asp. showed a very thin temp. crust over a thin facet layer (2 - 3cm ) sandwiched between the recent storm snow ( HST24) and existing snowpack.
