Supplement to 'took a peak at the steep' by AVCAN Vancouver Island

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, sunny, warm

Ride Type

convexSlopes, denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes, sunnySlopes

Riding Quality

amazing

Snow Conditions

powder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionTemp

Avalanche

Run Length

500

Trigger Type

natural

Avalanche Size

2.5

Start Zone Aspect

SW

Vegetation Cover

sparseTrees

Start Zone Incline

40

Number Of Avalanches

1

Start Zone Elevation

2000

Runout Zone Elevation

1800

Start Zone Elevation Band

alp

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2025-03-16T19:00:00.000Z

To add some detail to AVCAN's report, we observed the avalanche in the steep creek area at approximately midday on Sunday 16th March. There were no skiers above us so the cause is presumed to be the sun heating up the pack on the South westerly aspect, as it was a bright morning. We saw skinning tracks at the base of the chute, but elected to break trail on the less exposed side of the basin. The avalanche did cover our tracks, no more than 5 minutes after we were in situ, however it is unlikely we would have sustained serious injury that close to the run off edge.