Secret Chute
Observed Jan 22, 2025, 12:00 p.m. PST · Selkirks
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Quick report
- Comment
- Tried secret chute and then proceeded along the ridge to a sw aspect, very wind swept at the top and very quickly turning to powder. W aspect of the burn was fantastic skiing with seemingly no crust.
- Weather
- Sunny
- Ride type
- Alpine slopes, Convex slopes, Open trees, Steep slopes
- Riding quality
- Good
- Snow conditions
- Powder, Wind affected
Avalanche report
- Comment
- Slope skiers left of secret chute, started with a ski cut, cracking and running off skis 5 cm down. Silde slipped to point pictured and slab stepped down ≈ 30cm very quickly looked at the snow and decided to boot pack back to ridge top because of uncertainty in slope and surrounding features. Happy to call this a learning experience and not to be swept into the wall below.
- Run length
- 100
- Slab width
- 8
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Wind exposure
- Cross loaded slope
- Avalanche size
- 1
- Slab thickness
- 30
- Trigger sub type
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- NW
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
- Start zone incline
- 45
- Avalanche character
- Wind slab
- Crust near weak layer
- No
- Number of avalanches
- 1
- Start zone elevation
- 2200
- Runout zone elevation
- 2125
- Avalanche observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak layer crystal type
- Surface hoar and facets
- Start zone elevation band
- Tln
- Avalanche occurrence datetime
- 2025-01-22T20:00:00.000Z