Bull Riding
Observed Feb 22, 2024, 11:00 a.m. PST · South Rockies
This report was submitted with an older form.
Avalanche report
- Comment
- The avi report was in the back of my mind: “avalanches on this layer could break wider and run further than expected.” Facets on crust with a developing wind slab overtop proved to be the ingredients for this class one slide that ran onto a protected bench and stopped. Micro terrain features and a limited overhead hazard helped mitigate a potentially larger slide from occurring. A lot of terrain features seemed a little suspect today with settlements and cracking underfoot. Good reminder to treat “moderate” as “considerable” when field observations are in in your face.
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Avalanche size
- 1
- Trigger sub type
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- N
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
- Start zone incline
- 40
- Avalanche character
- Wind slab, Persistent slab
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Number of avalanches
- 1
- Avalanche observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak layer crystal type
- Facets
- Start zone elevation band
- Tln
- Avalanche occurrence datetime
- 2024-02-22T21:00:00.000Z