Skier triggered avalanche on Serac Ridge Kootenay
Observed Dec 30, 2021, 3:00 p.m. PST · banff-yoho-kootenay
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Avalanche report
- Comment
- Skier triggered avalanche on Serac Ridge (Kootenay). Suspect the failure plane was the Dec 2 persistent layer. Party of 5 was skinning up a steep ridge below treeline in a burnt forest and triggered a slab, 2 skiers involved, minor injuries and lost gear. See Photos.
- Run length
- 200
- Slab width
- 20
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Avalanche size
- 2
- Slab thickness
- 50
- Trigger sub type
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- N
- Vegetation cover
- Sparse trees
- Avalanche character
- Persistent slab
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Number of avalanches
- 1
- Start zone elevation
- 2000
- Weak layer burial date
- 2021-12-02
- Avalanche observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak layer crystal type
- Facets
- Start zone elevation band
- Btl
- Avalanche occurrence datetime
- 2021-12-30T20:30:00.000Z
Incident report
- Group size
- 5
- Group activity
- Skiing