Bow summit avalanche
Observed Dec 23, 2023, 1:00 p.m. PST · Central Rockies
This report was submitted with an older form.
Quick report
- Comment
- Great skiing in the E facing treeline chutes. Much more variable HS above.
- Weather
- Cold, Sunny
- Ride type
- Open trees, Sunny slopes
- Riding quality
- Good
- Snow conditions
- Powder
- Avalanche conditions
- Avalanche condition slab
Avalanche report
- Run length
- 200
- Slab width
- 25
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Wind exposure
- Cross loaded slope
- Avalanche size
- 1.5
- Slab thickness
- 20
- Trigger sub type
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- E
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
- Start zone incline
- 35
- Avalanche character
- Wind slab
- Crust near weak layer
- No
- Number of avalanches
- 1
- Start zone elevation
- 2370
- Runout zone elevation
- 2340
- Weak layer crystal type
- Facets
- Start zone elevation band
- Alp
- Avalanche occurrence datetime
- 2023-12-23T21:00:00.000Z
Incident report
- Group size
- 4
- Description
- Skinned above a steep unsupported rock slab. The snow at the crown was the only significant wind slab we’d seen all day. Should’ve listened to my spidey senses about the conditions. Got too comfortable after doing great laps in the treeline chutes.
- Terrain trap
- Slope transition or bench
- Group activity
- Skiing
- Number injured
- 0
- Number involved
- 2
- Number caught only
- 2
- Number fully buried
- 0
- Snow depth trigger point
- Shallow
- Terrain shape trigger point
- Unsupported
- Number partly buried able breathing
- 0
- Number partly buried impaired breathing
- 0