Windslab
Observed Apr 17, 2026, 12:00 p.m. PDT · Selkirks
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Avalanche report
- Run length
- 90
- Slab width
- 30
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Wind exposure
- Cross loaded slope
- Avalanche size
- 2
- Slab thickness
- 60
- Trigger sub type
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- E
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
- Start zone incline
- 40
- Avalanche character
- Wind slab
- Crust near weak layer
- No
- Number of avalanches
- 1
- Start zone elevation
- 2100
- Runout zone elevation
- 2050
- Weak layer burial date
- 2026-04-16
- Avalanche observation
- 12to24hrsAgo
- Weak layer crystal type
- Storm snow
- Start zone elevation band
- Alp
- Avalanche occurrence datetime
- 2026-04-16T19:49:00.000Z
Incident report
- Group size
- 3
- Description
- Size 2 windslab, Skier accidental. 5th lap of the day, skier entered slope and felt slab release. Slab broke 2M above skier and dragged them down the slop approximately 70M. Skier partially buried with head and shoulders out of snow, lost ski poles, suffered severe knee injury. Avalanche size estimate - 60cm x 30M crown, ran for 90M - Size 2
- Terrain trap
- No trap
- Group activity
- Skiing
- Number injured
- 0
- Number involved
- 1
- Number caught only
- 0
- Number fully buried
- 0
- Snow depth trigger point
- Deep
- Terrain shape trigger point
- Convex
- Number partly buried able breathing
- 1
- Number partly buried impaired breathing
- 0