- Submitted by
- fisalelstone
- Observations date
- Sunday, March 14, 2021 at 21:00
- Location
- 50.431416° N 122.210242° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-122.21024233723233,50.43141585039223,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Close call in the snowzone")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Activity
- Skiing
Group details
- Total in the group?
- 3
- People fully buried?
- 0
- People partly buried with normal breathing?
- 0
- People not injured (caught but not buried)?
- 1
- People injured (caught but not buried)?
- 0
- People involved?
- 1
Terrain details
- Terrain shape at trigger point
- Planar
- Snow depth at trigger point
- Variable
- Terrain traps
- No obvious terrain trap
Comments
Ski cut on north aspect slope (30 degrees) resulted in 10m crack 3m above skiier with propagation along the sides (end to end in the gulley), depth of slab unknown but best guess was 20cm. Slope did not slide, skiier was trapped at island of safety. No one was harmed.