- Submitted by
- kevintdsouza
- Observations date
- Saturday, February 5, 2022 at 17:00
- Location
- 49.066870° N 117.051700° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-117.0517,49.06687,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Cornice Ridge South East")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Activity
- Skiing
Group details
- Total in the group?
- 2
- People fully buried?
- 0
- People partly buried with impaired breathing?
- 0
- People partly buried with normal breathing?
- 0
- People not injured (caught but not buried)?
- 0
- People injured (caught but not buried)?
- 0
- People involved?
- 0
Terrain details
- Terrain shape at trigger point
- Unsupported
- Snow depth at trigger point
- Deep
- Terrain traps
- Trees
Comments
We skied a mellow run from the saddle of Cornice Ridge and Buzz's ridge, keeping in the trees most of the way down. Came upon a plateau that ended in a steep rollover. Skier 1 cut across the top of the slope aiming for a low angled section to ski down. Skier 2 waited on the plateau and heard a whoompf. About 5 m from where skier 1 cut across a slide was triggered that extended roughly 15 m across the steepest section of the slope. The slope was being wind loaded, and failed on a crust buried roughly 15-20 cm below.
