Wind drift avalanche

Avalanche

bentleyjg91 · Mar 1, 2020 · South Coast Inland

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<p>Skiing from North col of Mt. Pattison onto Tremor glacier. Ski cut momentum was stopped by secondary small wind lip/snow drift just below the entrance point from the col. This released above the skier taking them and the top layer of snow with it size 1.25. Skier travelled approx 70m, was partially buried, not injured and able to self recover and ski to safety once stopped.</p>