Lower Holt (the pool)
Observed Jan 5, 2021, 3:47 p.m. PST · purcells
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Quick report
- Riding quality
- Good
- Snow conditions
- Deep powder
Avalanche report
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Wind exposure
- Cross loaded slope
- Avalanche size
- 2.5
- Trigger sub type
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- E
- Vegetation cover
- Sparse trees
- Avalanche character
- Storm slab
- Number of avalanches
- 1
- Weak layer burial date
- 2020-12-11T07:00:00.000Z
- Weak layer crystal type
- Storm snow, Surface hoar
- Start zone elevation band
- Tln
- Avalanche occurrence datetime
- 2021-01-05T12:30:00
Weather report
- Sky condition
- Clear
Incident report
- Group size
- 4
- Description
- Sled skiing at holt- 2 snowboarders were at the top of the zone, first snowboarder dropped in, went about 60 meters across to a rib, waited. Second snowboarder dropped in.. traversed across same track, came off the traverse line a little and fell into a tree/soft pocket of snow and then accidentally remote triggered 20 meters above him a size 2.5 avalanche. Both snowboarders were taken in the avalanche. Both deployed airbags. 1st snowboarder went about half way down the avalanche path (200m) and 2nd snowboarder went full path (400m). 2 guys from another group snowboarded along the side of debris and reached the two involved in the incident. Airbags kept them above the debris, the snowboarder who went for full length ride was had partially buried legs but both people were un-injured.
- Terrain trap
- Gully depression
- Group activity
- Skiing
- Number involved
- 2
- Number caught only
- 1
- Snow depth trigger point
- Deep
- Terrain shape trigger point
- Concave
- Number partly buried able breathing
- 1