- Submitted by
- jkedoyle
- Observations date
- Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 18:30
- Location
- 50.343231° N 122.463928° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-122.4639283395635,50.34323144134305,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Slab Avalanche")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Activity
- Skiing
Group details
- Total in the group?
- 5
- People fully buried?
- 0
- People partly buried with normal breathing?
- 0
- People not injured (caught but not buried)?
- 0
- People injured (caught but not buried)?
- 1
- People involved?
- 1
Terrain details
- Terrain shape at trigger point
- Planar
- Snow depth at trigger point
- Shallow
Comments
Skier was crossing wind loaded slope and triggered a wind slab around 20m above. The skier was able to run to a rocky out crop to avoid being taken for a ride. No injuries were sustained.
