Quatchka ridge/ Matchlee mountain
Incidentjasonpeters04 · Jan 30, 2021 · West Island
Quick report
- Weather
- stormy, windy
- Snow Conditions
- hard, deepPowder, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSound
Just about fatal weekend for my friend. Trigger one avalanche on the first day at 3:00 had to spend the night. ( we had the gear to spend the night) but on the way down the next day we triggered another one that lucky nobody was caught in and saw three more that day. Stay away from here!!!
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedStrong
- Blowing Snow
- intense
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
- New Snow24 Hours
- 40
- Storm Snow Amount
- 65
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Avalanche
- Wind Exposure
- crossLoadedSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 2.5
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Vegetation Cover
- sparseTrees
- Avalanche Character
- stormSlab, windSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Avalanche Observation
- 24to48hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp, tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2021-01-31T10:00:00
Incident
- Group Size
- 3
- Terrain Trap
- slopeTransitionOrBench
- Group Activity
- snowshoeing
- Number Involved
- 1
- Number Fully Buried
- 1
- Snow Depth Trigger Point
- variable
- Terrain Shape Trigger Point
- convex
Went down the right side of a gully and around 2/3 of the way down one of us started to cut across. The snow was hard and icy on the edge but as you got more out in the open it got deeper. That’s when it broke free.