Redburn Skier Accidental
Observed Feb 21, 2025, 3:30 p.m. PST · Central Rockies
This report was submitted with an older form.
Avalanche report
- Run length
- 350
- Slab width
- 30
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Wind exposure
- Cross loaded slope
- Avalanche size
- 2
- Slab thickness
- 30
- Trigger sub type
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- W
- Vegetation cover
- Sparse trees
- Avalanche character
- Wind slab
- Number of avalanches
- 1
- Start zone elevation
- 2138
- Avalanche observation
- 12to24hrsAgo
- Weak layer crystal type
- Facets
- Start zone elevation band
- Tln
- Avalanche occurrence datetime
- 2025-02-21T23:30:00.000Z
Incident report
- Description
- Third skier on slope triggered avalanche which then caught another member of party below, taking one person for approx. 200m ride down through gully feature. Subject was buried up to neck, but able to clear airway. Other members of party able to get to subject and extricate. Subject suffered lower leg fracture during avalanche. Group activated local resources via satellite SOS messenger, subject evacuated by GADSAR to local hospital.
- Terrain trap
- Gully depression
- Group activity
- Skiing
- Snow depth trigger point
- Average
- Terrain shape trigger point
- Planar