Burstall pass
Observed Mar 10, 2024, 10:40 a.m. PDT · Central Rockies
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Quick report
- Comment
- Your spelling and grammar seem generally correct, but here are a few suggestions for clarity and style: "Went up to Burstall Meadows area today. We were trying to avoid anything steep, eventually climbing up to the steeper 'hump' on the right side of Burstall Pass, which looks like the very left side of the mountain. One skier climbed up with zero problems; the snow felt super dense, almost icy, topping out to the rocks. Two more skiers heard a dull noise and triggered a small avalanche. Approximately a 40m square area broke 1m deep, taking them down and stopping. They were safe on top and walked away unharmed. The last skier skied down from the top also fine. Eventually, we realized we remotely triggered an easily size two avalanche on the whole mountain. Nobody in the valley was seen in the area at the moment. However, we skied down around the debris and had our avalanche beacons in search mode with zero results. Eventually, we checked in the parking lot, making sure all parties are down and safe."
- Weather
- Cloudy, Sunny, Windy
- Ride type
- Mellow slopes
- Stayed away
- Alpine slopes, Convex slopes, Steep slopes
- Riding quality
- Ok
- Snow conditions
- Crusty
- Avalanche conditions
- Avalanche condition slab, Avalanche condition sound
Avalanche report
- Comment
- "Went up to Burstall Meadows area today. We were trying to avoid anything steep, eventually climbing up to the steeper 'hump' on the right side of Burstall Pass, which looks like the very left side of the mountain. One skier climbed up with zero problems; the snow felt super dense, almost icy, topping out to the rocks. Two more skiers heard a dull noise and triggered a small avalanche. Approximately a 40m square area broke 1m deep, taking them down and stopping. They were safe on top and walked away unharmed. The last skier skied down from the top also fine. Eventually, we realized we remotely triggered an easily size two avalanche on the whole mountain. Nobody in the valley was seen in the area at the moment. However, we skied down around the debris and had our avalanche beacons in search mode with zero results. Eventually, we checked in the parking lot, making sure all parties are down and safe."
- Run length
- 600
- Slab width
- 500
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Wind exposure
- Cross loaded slope
- Avalanche size
- 2
- Slab thickness
- 100
- Trigger sub type
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- S
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
- Start zone incline
- 25
- Avalanche character
- Deep persistent slab, Storm slab
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Number of avalanches
- 2-5
- Start zone elevation
- 2200
- Runout zone elevation
- 1800
- Avalanche observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak layer crystal type
- Storm snow
- Start zone elevation band
- Alp
- Avalanche occurrence datetime
- 2024-03-10T17:45:00.000Z
Incident report
- Group size
- 3
- Description
- "Went up to Burstall Meadows area today. We were trying to avoid anything steep, eventually climbing up to the steeper 'hump' on the right side of Burstall Pass, which looks like the very left side of the mountain. One skier climbed up with zero problems; the snow felt super dense, almost icy, topping out to the rocks. Two more skiers heard a dull noise and triggered a small avalanche. Approximately a 40m square area broke 1m deep, taking them down and stopping. They were safe on top and walked away unharmed. The last skier skied down from the top also fine. Eventually, we realized we remotely triggered an easily size two avalanche on the whole mountain. Nobody in the valley was seen in the area at the moment. However, we skied down around the debris and had our avalanche beacons in search mode with zero results. Eventually, we checked in the parking lot, making sure all parties are down and safe."
- Terrain trap
- No trap
- Group activity
- Skiing
- Number injured
- 0
- Number involved
- 2
- Number caught only
- 2
- Number fully buried
- 0
- Snow depth trigger point
- Average
- Terrain shape trigger point
- Concave
- Number partly buried able breathing
- 0
- Number partly buried impaired breathing
- 0