- Submitted by
- alexacmg
- Observations date
- Monday, April 9, 2018 at 21:50
- Location
- 50.325740° N 122.444010° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Monday, April 9, 2018 at 15:50
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2
- Avalanche Character
- Storm slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- NW
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 2,700m
- Start zone incline
- 40°
Comments
Skier accidental on Matier NW face. Second skier to ski the slope triggered a storm slab (30cm deep) and was caught in the slide. Skier slide down the full length of the NW face (350m), remaining on the surface in the debris. No injuries and just lost one ski pole. Limited information on the failure plan. Second skier triggered the slab approximately 4m from first skiers tracks. Several ski cuts on the convex role at the top of the slope indicated no cracking or reactivity in the recent storm snow.
