Sky pilot instabilities
Observed Dec 11, 2022, 3:00 p.m. PST · Southwest Coast
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Quick report
- Comment
- No whumpfing or settling seen as we skied/skinne.
- Weather
- Cold
- Ride type
- Mellow slopes, Alpine slopes, Dense trees
- Stayed away
- Convex slopes
- Riding quality
- Good
- Snow conditions
- Deep powder
- Avalanche conditions
- Avalanche condition snow
Avalanche report
- Comment
- Our group remotely triggered a small slab avalanche which started on on steep terrain with a thin snowpack on the sides of the gulley we skied. It wasn't obvious what exactly triggered the avalanche as we skied the main gulley below the steep start zone of the avalanche but could see our tracks near the bottom so assume it was a remote trigger, in fact we didnt notice the avalanche until after we had finished skiing (as it didnt trigger immediately when we were skiing but our tracks were the only ones near it). We spotted another skier (shown in orange) who skied above the avalanche area (unsure if he'd seen it) before cutting skiers left, but we then saw he had triggered a huge (5+ meter) shooting crack above him on the steep slope he skied (same slope as the avalanche).
- Run length
- 50
- Slab width
- 9
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Avalanche size
- 1
- Slab thickness
- 50
- Trigger sub type
- Remote
- Start zone aspect
- NW
- Trigger distance
- 20
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
- Avalanche character
- Wind slab
- Number of avalanches
- 1
- Start zone elevation
- 1500
- Avalanche observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Start zone elevation band
- Alp
- Avalanche occurrence datetime
- 2022-12-11T22:30:00.000Z