Cowboy trees
Quick reportreid · Mar 3, 2024 · South Coast Inland
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 200
- Slab Width
- 200
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Wind Exposure
- noWindExposure
- Avalanche Size
- 2.5
- Slab Thickness
- 100
- Start Zone Aspect
- W, NW
- Vegetation Cover
- sparseTrees
- Start Zone Incline
- 30
- Avalanche Character
- stormSlab
- Crust Near Weak Layer
- 1
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1800
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1600
- Weak Layer Burial Date
- 2024-02-23
- Avalanche Observation
- 12to24hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- facets
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-03-03T09:30:00.000Z
Skiing the trees at the far North end of cowboy back down to singing pass. We can across this fresh large slab avalanche. There was only a few cm of fresh snow on the debris and crust. Appeared to be a natural earlier that day. Lots of cracks above the crown, and propagation into dense trees. Would have been nasty to be caught in this in the trees with 1m crown. We also saw lots of large slabs triggered by old skin tracks around singing creek. Be careful when looking for a crossing!