Burial with head exposed
Observed Mar 1, 2026, 3:00 p.m. PST · Selkirks
This report was submitted with an older form.
Quick report
- Comment
- Self-guided group at Kokanee. 2nd skier triggered PWL on 5th turn and went for a 100m ride, was under the surface, and was able to swim so that upper body was exposed when debris stopped. Lost poles and sunglasses. Bed surface was a MFcr, suspect Feb 13. Snow surface was moist from daytime warming.
- Weather
- Sunny
- Ride type
- Alpine slopes, Open trees, Sunny slopes
- Riding quality
- Good
- Snow conditions
- Powder, Wet
- Avalanche conditions
- Avalanche condition slab, Avalanche condition temp
Avalanche report
- Comment
- Self-guided group at Kokanee. 2nd skier triggered PWL on 5th turn and went for a 100m ride, was under the surface, and was able to swim so that head was exposed when debris stopped. Lost poles and sunglasses. Bed surface was a MFcr, suspect Feb 13. Snow surface was moist from daytime warming.
- Run length
- 200
- Slab width
- 250
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Wind exposure
- No wind exposure
- Avalanche size
- 2.5
- Slab thickness
- 60
- Trigger sub type
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- SW
- Vegetation cover
- Sparse trees
- Start zone incline
- 35
- Avalanche character
- Persistent slab
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Number of avalanches
- 1
- Start zone elevation
- 2100
- Weak layer burial date
- 2026-02-13
- Avalanche observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Start zone elevation band
- Tln
- Avalanche occurrence datetime
- 2026-03-01T22:45:00.000Z
Incident report
- Group size
- 3
- Description
- Self-guided group at Kokanee. 2nd skier triggered PWL on 5th turn and went for a 100m ride, was under the surface, and was able to swim so that head was exposed when debris stopped. Lost poles and sunglasses. Bed surface was a MFcr, suspect Feb 13. Snow surface was moist from daytime warming.
- Terrain trap
- Trees
- Group activity
- Skiing
- Number injured
- 0
- Number involved
- 2
- Number caught only
- 1
- Number fully buried
- 0
- Snow depth trigger point
- Average
- Terrain shape trigger point
- Planar
- Number partly buried able breathing
- 1
- Number partly buried impaired breathing
- 0