- Submitted by
- mcoers81
- Observations date
- Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 02:37
- Location
- 49.528677° N 121.044251° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-121.04425124727786,49.52867705951547,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Mitch")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 20:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- Less than 12 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2
- Slab thickness
- 150cm
- Slab width
- 50m
- Run length
- 500m
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Snowmobile
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- NE
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 1,900m
- Start zone incline
- 35°
- Runout zone elevation
- 1,600m
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Made a huge mistake today. We were staying away from steep slopes most of the day and I did not take the time to properly access the wind loaded slab at the peak. I rode up the adjacent slope a couple times. The second climb I went 10 meters over and when I crested the hill the slab broke free. I was over the top to on the edge of the avalanche and rode out quite quickly. When i was clear off to the side I turned around and watched the avalanche propagate to the adjacent slope. It easily turned into a class 2 avy and ran out quite far. A huge learning lesson for me and hopefully a lot of other people. Scared my myself straight on this. Yes, I have my avy training and gear and all the other riders did too. A bad judgement call that I definitely have learned from.
