Bruins Glacer Size 2.5
Observed Apr 11, 2025, 1:00 p.m. PDT · Selkirks
This report was submitted with an older form.
Quick report
- Comment
- Skied Video North earlier in the day in good conditions with not much wind loading. Got complacent on North facing aspects later in the day attempting to ski an extra bit of the Bruins glacier before returning to 8812 bowl.
- Weather
- Cloudy
- Ride type
- Alpine slopes
- Snow conditions
- Powder
- Avalanche conditions
- Avalanche condition slab
Avalanche report
- Comment
- Wind slab that propagated across most of the ridge between 8812 and Ursus Major.
- Run length
- 300
- Slab width
- 400
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Avalanche size
- 2.5
- Slab thickness
- 20
- Trigger sub type
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- N
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
- Start zone incline
- 35
- Avalanche character
- Wind slab
- Crust near weak layer
- No
- Number of avalanches
- 1
- Start zone elevation
- 2570
- Runout zone elevation
- 2400
- Avalanche observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Start zone elevation band
- Alp
- Avalanche occurrence datetime
- 2025-04-11T20:00:00.000Z
Snowpack report
- Obs type
- Point
- Site aspect
- N
- Site elevation
- 2570
- Ski penetration
- 10
- Cracking observed
- No
- Site elevation band
- Alp
- Surface conditions
- New snow
- Whumpfing observed
- Yes
Weather report
- Wind speed
- Wind speed moderate
- Blowing snow
- Light
- Sky condition
- Broken clouds
- Wind direction
- SW
- Storm snow amount
- 10
- Precipitation type
- None
Incident report
- Group size
- 2
- Description
- Skier triggered avalanche approaching the top of the Bruins glacier. Loud whumpf immediately followed by slope releasing. Both skiers caught. Skier higher on the skin track slid 40m, triggered airbag, not buried. Second skier, partially buried, slid 60m able to self extricate.
- Terrain trap
- Slope transition or bench
- Group activity
- Skiing
- Number injured
- 0
- Number involved
- 3
- Number caught only
- 2
- 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