- Submitted by
- Darian Spagrud
- Observations date
- Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 19:30
- Location
- 51.397414° N 116.239075° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-116.23907479285995,51.397413541070506,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "size one surprise in surprise pass")
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 19:29
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1
- Slab thickness
- 15cm
- Slab width
- 25m
- Run length
- 300m
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Remote
- Remote trigger distance
- 5m
- Start zone aspect
- NE
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 2,200m
- Start zone incline
- 30°
- Weak layer burial date
- Saturday, February 3, 2024
- Weak layer crystal type
- Facets
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Vegetation cover
- Sparse trees or gladed slope
Comments
skiing up from the lake to ski the bowl out, in sparse trees climbers left of main path rounded a small hump and noticed an obvious wind slab. went to back up and it remote triggered just above me, propogated to my skis but didnt pull me down. occured in gulley feature that caused the snow to run quite a distance. suspected feb 3rd crust with facets on top, but two layers visible when looking at the crown, did not investigate further. turned around as aspect the slab occured on was the same as our planned route. use caution when skiing surprise pass as good potential for windslab at the top
