- Submitted by
- skieur
- Observations date
- Saturday, March 30, 2024 at 18:40
- Location
- 51.283670° N 117.554205° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-117.5542054486535,51.28366997062432,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Cornice failure on Cheops")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Saturday, March 30, 2024 at 06:40
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- Less than 12 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1.5
- Avalanche Character
- Cornice only
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- NE
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
Comments
Cornice failed while bootpacking Cheops ridge about 100 m before the entrance for the shelf. Failed on pole plant and propagated 30 m (15 on either side of the pole plant). Other cracks propagated on the other side of the uptrack. The group felt a whoumpf. Cornice size was 30x1.5x1 m. Belayed a group member to the edge of the ridge. No slab triggered by cornice.
