Tiny Skiier Triggered Avalanche on Wet Sun Slab
Incidentfraserblazer · Mar 14, 2021 · North Shore
Quick report
- Weather
- warm
- Ride Type
- sunnySlopes, steepSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, alpineSlopes, cutBlocks
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- wet
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp
Party of 3, skiing down in the afternoon. Decided to take a southern facing aspect in the afternoon. Went one at a time. First skiier no issues. Second skiier no issues. Snowboarder created a 0.5 sized avalanche that was 0.5m deep and 2m wide. Avalanche carried him 5m before continuing on for another ~10m.
Weather
- Avg Temp
- 5
- Max Temp
- 5
- Min Temp
- -2
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Sky Condition
- clear
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- none
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- S
- Site Elevation
- 1350
- Ski Penetration
- 5
- Test Initiation
- none
- Foot Penetration
- 60
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 10
- Slab Width
- 2
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Slab Thickness
- 40
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- S
- Vegetation Cover
- sparseTrees
- Start Zone Incline
- 40
- Avalanche Character
- wetSlab, looseWet
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1350
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1340
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2021-03-14T21:30:00.000Z
Incident
- Group Size
- 3
- Terrain Trap
- noTrap, slopeTransitionOrBench
- Group Activity
- skiing
- Number Injured
- 0
- Number Involved
- 0
- Number Caught Only
- 0
- Number Fully Buried
- 0
- Snow Depth Trigger Point
- average
- Terrain Shape Trigger Point
- concave
- Number Partly Buried Able Breathing
- 0
- Number Partly Buried Impaired Breathing
- 0