- Submitted by
- siobhan.uy
- Observations date
- Saturday, February 13, 2021 at 20:00
- Location
- 51.075347° N 118.813150° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Saturday, February 13, 2021 at 12:00
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- N
- Start zone elevation band
- Below treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 1,800m
Comments
1 skier stuck knee deep in small wind slab. We had intended to ski a chute much higher up but upon seeing all the wind effect decided to head down and ski somewhere else. Did not expect to have a wind slab in this small clearing below tree line that we often ski out.
