Brownshorts avalanche, 01/08/2021

Avalanche

Run Length

225

Slab Width

8

Trigger Type

skier

Wind Exposure

crossLoadedSlope

Avalanche Size

2

Slab Thickness

30

Trigger Sub Type

accidental

Start Zone Aspect

W

Avalanche Character

windSlab

Number Of Avalanches

1

Weak Layer Burial Date

2021-01-07T08:00:00.000Z

Avalanche Observation

moreThan48hrsAgo

Start Zone Elevation Band

alp

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2021-01-08T12:00:00

Slab was triggered on ski cut, slab was fairly hard and triggered quite easily. Slab carried me down entire chute (Brownshorts). I made several key mistakes this day... I was aware of the Considerable hazard rating and wanted to stick to mellow terrain, but then my skier brain took over and somehow I found myself on top of Brownshorts. Even after pointing out that the chute looked wind loaded, I didn't stop to do a proper risk assessment and at very least kick off some cornice and trigger the slope from above before exposing myself in the chute. My ski cut was in a poor location (had ~ 6 m of slope above me), and the slide triggered very easily and propagated farther than I would have anticipated. I'm lucky to have survived this slide with only a broken Coccyx and sore knees...