Upper Steep
Quick reportkits.3sixty5 · Jan 9, 2026 · Duffey
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy
Slab went on final approach to ridge while on skin up. Roughly 40-50cm thick and slid along consistent weak layer. Lower layer was firm to touch, with sugar/hoars on surface. Crown propagated roughly 30-35 meters, occurred on NE face, ~45 deg slope. Hand shear pits in adjacent mellower terrain performed directly before had not shown this issue. Skier was not dragged in slide.
Incident
- Group Size
- 2
- Terrain Trap
- cliff, slopeTransitionOrBench, trees
- Group Activity
- skiing
- Number Injured
- 0
- Number Involved
- 1
- Number Caught Only
- 1
- Number Fully Buried
- 0
- Terrain Shape Trigger Point
- unsupported
- Number Partly Buried Able Breathing
- 0
- Number Partly Buried Impaired Breathing
- 0
Slab went on final approach to ridge while on skin up. Roughly 40-50cm thick and slid along consistent weak layer. Lower layer was firm to touch, with sugar/hoars on surface. Crown propagated roughly 30-35 meters, occurred on NE face, ~45-50 deg slope. Hand shear pits performed directly beforehand in adjacent mellower terrain had not shown this issue. Skier was not dragged in slide.