- Submitted by
- mikepackham77
- Observations date
- Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at 20:00
- Location
- 49.173240° N 117.889750° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-117.88975,49.17324,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Birthday Shoots")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Activity
- Skiing
Group details
- Total in the group?
- 2
- People fully buried?
- 0
- People partly buried with normal breathing?
- 0
- People not injured (caught but not buried)?
- 0
- People injured (caught but not buried)?
- 1
- People involved?
- 1
Terrain details
- Terrain shape at trigger point
- Convex
- Snow depth at trigger point
- Average
- Terrain traps
- Trees
Comments
4 turns down slope where there was a slight convexity triggered stormslab on crust, slab propagated about 15 meters on one side and 10 meters on the other of the skier and started roughly 10 meters above the skier, skier managed to ski to a higher piece of terrain and skied mainly out of the path and got above the debris, lost a ski when it hit a small tree, no injuries, no signs of recent instability before the event, second skier down the slope ski cut a large size one to gain access to the bed surface
