Silent Pass BTL gatekeeper slabber
Quick reportShe Shreds Mountain Adventures · Feb 28, 2026 · West Purcell
Quick report
- Weather
- sunny, windy
- Ride Type
- convexSlopes, mellowSlopes, openTrees, sunnySlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, cutBlocks, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder, powder, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow
Sheltered surface hoar farm cut block produced a suspected natural size 2.5 avalanche at 1785m on a N aspect less than 12 hours ago. 2nd avalanche this season on the Jan 27 PWL (surface hoar). Covered FSR road entrance to Silent Pass in 2m+ thick debris. Slide was 250m wide, traveled 150m+.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 146
- Slab Width
- 250
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Wind Exposure
- noWindExposure
- Avalanche Size
- 2.5
- Slab Thickness
- 70
- Start Zone Aspect
- N
- Start Zone Incline
- 35
- Avalanche Character
- persistentSlab
- Crust Near Weak Layer
- 1
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1785
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1650
- Weak Layer Burial Date
- 2026-01-27
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- surfaceHoar
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- btl
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2026-02-28T17:00:00.000Z
Sheltered surface hoar farm cut block produced a suspected natural size 2.5 avalanche at 1785m on a N aspect less than 12 hours ago. 2nd avalanche this season on the Jan 27 PWL (surface hoar). Covered FSR road entrance to Silent Pass in 2m+ thick debris. Slide was 250m wide, traveled 150m+.