5040 Hut

Map for Mountain Information Network report: 5040 Hut

Information

Activity
Snowshoeing

Group details

Total in the group?
4
People fully buried?
0
People not injured (caught but not buried)?
1
People involved?
1

Terrain details

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

Comments

attempted to ascend a steep slope to access the weather station. The Convex slope popped as I was 1/2 way up it fracturing 8m long and 30cm deep. it carried me 1.5m downslope. Although this was nowhere near a large slide, if I had been flipped on my back I would have struck my head on exposed rock and been partially buried.