Canyon creek avalanche

Map for Mountain Information Network report: Canyon creek avalanche

Information

Activity
Skiing

Group details

Total in the group?
2
People fully buried?
0
People partly buried with impaired breathing?
0
People partly buried with normal breathing?
0
People not injured (caught but not buried)?
0
People injured (caught but not buried)?
0
People involved?
0

Terrain details

Terrain shape at trigger point
Convex
Snow depth at trigger point
Shallow
Terrain traps
  • Gully or depression

Comments

Planned to ski a north tilting aspect of canyon creek. There was a main gully feature with a convex roll at the top that was around 35 degrees. We ski cut the top of the convex roll and saw a thin 5cm wind slab propagate about 1m off of our ski tips that quickly broke up on the slope and did not slide more than 5m. First skier skied down the left shoulder avoiding the main gully feature and the avalanche triggered 10 metres above the skier and just right of their tracks. The skier cut left into the trees and was not involved in the slide.