- Submitted by
- ryeski
- Observations date
- Saturday, March 12, 2022 at 22:00
- Location
- 54.869449° N 126.883467° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-126.88346695945299,54.86944933128859,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Onion. Pyramid mtn")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Saturday, March 12, 2022 at 14:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- Less than 12 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2
- Trigger type
- Snowmobile
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- SE
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 1,850m
- Start zone incline
- 40°
- Runout zone elevation
- 1,700m
Comments
While skiing across the valley, witnessed 4 sleds high marking beside pyramid mtn. They were climbing quite high and one set off a sizeable slab. Guessing the crown was approximately 0.8 - 2.0m in depth @ 1850m on a SE aspect. The snowmobile luckily (very lucky) rode the debris pile out.
A very close call. The group had been high marking the the slope for a good hour before this class II let go. I would suspect they overstayed their welcome as the slope has been baking in the sun.
No one in the group had any avalanche gear. They should all buy lottery tickets.
