- Submitted by
- gregory.l.west
- Observations date
- Sunday, March 11, 2018
- Location
- 50.335960° N 122.424570° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Activity
- Skiing
Group details
- Total in the group?
- 2
- People injured (caught but not buried)?
- 1
- People involved?
- 1
Terrain details
- Terrain shape at trigger point
- Convex
- Snow depth at trigger point
- Average
Comments
Skier entered slope on ~30deg rollover with ~25 degree slope below. Couldn't see that slope rolled over again to ~35deg due to flat light. Start point was just a few meters off ridge, but skier was ~50m down slope when he realized it was triggered. Tried to ski off slab, but caught, lost skis and poles, ..skis were recovered. Skier ended up ~halfway down on bed surface, not buried, not injured. Airbag deployed, but not thought to have made a difference in this case. Avalanche was 200m wide, 200m long, 30cm deep.