- Submitted by
- mostynliam
- Observations date
- Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 19:00
- Location
- 59.706610° N 135.123020° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-135.12302,59.70661,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Big Kahuna Avalanche")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Activity
- Skiing
Group details
- Total in the group?
- 3
- People fully buried?
- 0
- People partly buried with impaired breathing?
- 0
- People partly buried with normal breathing?
- 0
- People not injured (caught but not buried)?
- 1
- People injured (caught but not buried)?
- 0
- People involved?
- 1
Terrain details
- Terrain shape at trigger point
- Convex
- Snow depth at trigger point
- Variable
- Terrain traps
- No obvious terrain trap
Comments
Triggered a size 1.5 avalanche while skiing the big Kahuna at around 3pm. As the slope gets to its steepest a wind slab popped and a skier was caught and brought 50-60m through the chute and stopped on the open part of the slope ~20-30 meters below where the chute ends. The skier was not buried or injured and the 2 other group members behind reported a crown of ~15-20cm. The summit had high southwest wind which was depositing more snow than anticipated.