Exit gully slide

Map for Mountain Information Network report: Exit gully slide

Information

Activity
Skiing

Group details

Total in the group?
2
People fully buried?
0
People partly buried with normal breathing?
0
People not injured (caught but not buried)?
1
People injured (caught but not buried)?
0
People involved?
1

Terrain details

Terrain shape at trigger point
Planar
Snow depth at trigger point
Average
Terrain traps
  • Gully or depression

Comments

Second skier in party of two triggered slide below rock face near top of Exit Gully. Wet storm slab was approx 5 m wide by 10 cm deep, ran 100+ m. Skier was caught and deployed airbag, and was carried full length of slide. No burials or injuries.