Remote trigger
Observed Jan 21, 2024, 1:00 p.m. PST · Northwest Coast
This report was submitted with an older form.
Quick report
- Weather
- Cloudy, Foggy, Warm
- Ride type
- Mellow slopes, Open trees
- Riding quality
- Ok
- Snow conditions
- Crusty, Heavy, Wet, Wind affected
- Avalanche conditions
- Avalanche condition slab
Avalanche report
- Run length
- 60
- Slab width
- 10
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Wind exposure
- Cross loaded slope
- Avalanche size
- 1
- Trigger sub type
- Remote
- Start zone aspect
- S
- Trigger distance
- 20
- Vegetation cover
- Sparse trees
- Start zone incline
- 38
- Avalanche character
- Wind slab
- Number of avalanches
- 1
- Start zone elevation
- 1260
- Start zone elevation band
- Tln
- Avalanche occurrence datetime
- 2024-01-21T21:00:00.000Z
Incident report
- Group size
- 9
- Description
- Remote triggered avalanche from ski group touring under steep overhead. Group was spaced out to mitigate exposure and loud whump heard by tail end of group that were close to the effected area. The slab started moving 2-3 seconds after the sound was heard and collected at the feet of one skier.
- Group activity
- Skiing
- Number injured
- 0
- Number involved
- 1
- Number caught only
- 1
- 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