Fairy meadows day 1
Observed Dec 24, 2022, 1:00 p.m. PST · Selkirks
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Quick report
- Weather
- Stormy, Windy, Cold
- Riding quality
- Good
- Snow conditions
- Deep powder
- Avalanche conditions
- Avalanche condition snow
Avalanche report
- Run length
- 75
- Slab width
- 75
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Avalanche size
- 1
- Trigger sub type
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- N
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
- Start zone incline
- 35
- Avalanche character
- Storm slab
- Number of avalanches
- 1
- Start zone elevation
- 2100
- Avalanche observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak layer crystal type
- Storm snow
- Start zone elevation band
- Tln
- Avalanche occurrence datetime
- 2022-12-24T21:07:00.000Z
Incident report
- Group size
- 17
- Description
- Day 1 at Fairy Meadows didn't start great for our group. Everyone headed out for what was going to be a quick and easy tree run. We spread out across the practice slopes heading toward tree run #1. About 10 skiers went across a gully while 2 more waited for the other skiers to get out of the terrain trap before entering. The 2 skiers entered the gully and remotely triggered a small size 1 avalanche, one was fully buried and the other had his head sticking out of the snow. Fortunately before getting caught they were able to get attention of the group of 5 ahead of them. The partly buried skier was able to dig himself out and help to the rescue of the fully buried skier. No one was injured but ski poles were lost. Couple days later after more wind and more snow, multiple large natural (size 3-4) avalanches were heard and observed across the valley
- Terrain trap
- Gully depression
- Group activity
- Skiing
- Number involved
- 2
- Number fully buried
- 1
- Snow depth trigger point
- Shallow
- Terrain shape trigger point
- Concave
- Number partly buried impaired breathing
- 1