Mt Pearce

Avalanche

Ruben Salzgeber · Jan 6, 2018 · Esplanade

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Riding Quality
amazing

Avalanche

Trigger Type
skier
Avalanche Size
2
Slab Thickness
50
Trigger Sub Type
accidental
Vegetation Cover
sparseTrees
Number Of Avalanches
1
Avalanche Observation
24to48hrsAgo
Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
2018-01-06T14:40:00

Skiing spine on the NE aspect of Mt Pearce skier triggered a size 2 on the north side of the spine about 50cm deep that spread about 20m wide immediately and propagated up and over the spine to the other side. Debris on that side ran the remainder of the path's length.