Ouchy, my back hurts
Observed Feb 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m. PST · Central Rockies
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Quick report
- Comment
- Great skiing until the day took a turn!
- Weather
- Warm, Windy
- Ride type
- Sunny slopes, Alpine slopes, Dense trees, Open trees
- Stayed away
- Convex slopes, Alpine slopes
- Riding quality
- Amazing
- Snow conditions
- Deep powder, Powder, Wind affected
- Avalanche conditions
- Avalanche condition snow, Avalanche condition slab, Avalanche condition sound
Avalanche report
- Comment
- Not sure what layer this ran on, an assumption would be the Feb layer now buried by the new load. Wasn't going up to do a fracture profile as I felt like I was going to soil my pants looking back up. Happy to have no real involvement
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Wind exposure
- Cross loaded slope
- Avalanche size
- 2.5
- Trigger sub type
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- S, SE
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
- Start zone incline
- 35
- Avalanche character
- Wind slab, Persistent slab
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Number of avalanches
- 2-5
- Runout zone elevation
- 2150
- Weak layer crystal type
- Facets, Storm snow
- Start zone elevation band
- Alp, Tln
Incident report
- Group size
- 3
- Description
- A very close class. Today a group of three triggered a large 2-2.5, this may have also triggered a large, sympathetic avalanch above the original trigger point ( also a large sz 2-2.5) . As the final member of the group made their way out of the trees to assist the second the member of group who had fallen they trigged a large sz 2 from above while crossing over the toe of the path. This member of the group them yell to alert the others. The first two members of the group managed to make it into the trees make it out out of harms way. The final member of the group was blown off of their feet by the air blast while trying to outrun the debris. All members of the party were luckily unscathed. Third member of the group performed a very quick search as there was other party's in the area but found no signals. Back at the parking lot all groups were accounted for. A good reminder to stay on your feet and to ski terrain that accommodates all ability l levels of the group! Heads up hockey out there. Nothing beats getting back to the car at the end of the day
- Terrain trap
- Gully depression, Slope transition or bench
- Group activity
- Skiing
- Number injured
- 0
- Number involved
- 0
- Number caught only
- 0
- Number fully buried
- 0
- Snow depth trigger point
- Variable
- Terrain shape trigger point
- Concave
- Number partly buried able breathing
- 0
- Number partly buried impaired breathing
- 0