- Submitted by
- TsugaMertensiana
- Observations date
- Saturday, March 27, 2021 at 18:00
- Location
- 49.436050° N 117.117660° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-117.11766,49.43605,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Kututle slide")
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Saturday, March 27, 2021 at 18:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- Less than 12 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2.5
- Slab thickness
- 30cm
- Slab width
- 100m
- Run length
- 300m
- Avalanche Character
- Wet slab
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- SE
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 2,300m
- Start zone incline
- 25°
- Runout zone elevation
- 2,150m
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Everything felt very stable all morning, no signs of cracking, whumfing, or naturals so we decided to start moving along this ridge to scope the couloir into kututle. We were two metres below the ridge, transitioning to a boot pack, when we noted the snow on that aspect below us was surprisingly heavy compared to everything we had seen so far in the day. As we dug our boots in to get up the 2 metres to the ridge this slab propagated below us. We bailed on our objective for obvious reasons and straddled the ridge back to safety. We didnt take time to check the details of the slab, but the sun exposure was definitely the primary factor. Please be careful of south facing slopes, we saw no indication of slide potential before this popped, thankfully we were in a good position when it did.
