Sa sz.2.5 on Shark
Observed May 2, 2024, 2:00 p.m. PDT · Central Rockies
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Quick report
- Comment
- Snow stayed dry today on north aspects above 2000m
- Weather
- Cloudy, Stormy
- Ride type
- Open trees
- Stayed away
- Convex slopes, Steep slopes
- Riding quality
- Amazing
- Snow conditions
- Deep powder
- Avalanche conditions
- Avalanche condition slab, Avalanche condition snow
Avalanche report
- Comment
- Skier Triggered sz 2.5 avalanche. No Involvement. See details in incident
- Run length
- 449
- Slab width
- 18
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Wind exposure
- No wind exposure
- Avalanche size
- 2.5
- Slab thickness
- 75
- Trigger sub type
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- N
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
- Start zone incline
- 37
- Avalanche character
- Storm slab
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Number of avalanches
- 1
- Start zone elevation
- 2252
- Runout zone elevation
- 2050
- Weak layer burial date
- 2024-04-28
- Weak layer crystal type
- Storm snow
- Start zone elevation band
- Tln
- Avalanche occurrence datetime
- 2024-05-02T18:45:00.000Z
Incident report
- Group size
- 2
- Description
- We skied to a ridge crest at treeline, up tracking in the safe trees. Our plan was to ski down the mellow shoulder and back into the trees avoiding a large steep start zone on our left. As we descended the ridge the first skier triggered the avalanche, but stayed high and skied safely into the trees. Profile dug near the slope (N aspect at 2250m) showed 75cm HST overlying a thin crust. Density above crust was mostly F, with 4F at bottom 20cm. Compression test hard RP x2. There was widespread and ongoing loose dry avalanches out of anything steep, but we didn't see any signs of recent slab avalanches. We were right to be conservative and chose a mellow line, however we should have given a wider margin to the start zone. Were back to a winter snowpack!
- Group activity
- Skiing
- Number injured
- 0
- Number involved
- 0
- Number caught only
- 0
- Number fully buried
- 0
- Snow depth trigger point
- Average
- Terrain shape trigger point
- Unsupported
- Number partly buried able breathing
- 0
- Number partly buried impaired breathing
- 0