Skier accidental size 1 in the Wizard Chutes
Observed Mar 8, 2024, 4:00 p.m. PST · Central Rockies
This report was submitted with an older form.
Avalanche report
- Comment
- Skier triggered a small slab and was carried down through trees resulting in minor injuries. The slab appears to have released 60-80 cm down. Suspect it released on the facets above the Feb 3 crust.
- Run length
- 100
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Avalanche size
- 1
- Trigger sub type
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- N
- Start zone incline
- 40
- Avalanche character
- Persistent slab
- Number of avalanches
- 1
- Start zone elevation
- 2230
- Start zone elevation band
- Tln
- Avalanche occurrence datetime
- 2024-03-09T00:00:00.504Z
Incident report
- Group size
- 1
- Description
- Skier triggered a small slab and was carried down through trees resulting in minor injuries. The slab appears to have released 60-80 cm down. Suspect it released on the facets above the Feb 3 crust.
- Terrain trap
- Trees
- Group activity
- Skiing
- Number injured
- 1
- Number involved
- 1
- Number fully buried
- 0
- Terrain shape trigger point
- Convex