Full Burial
Incidentbenkwia · Dec 24, 2022 · Gold
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -13
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Snowfall Rate
- 3
- Wind Direction
- SW
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Wx obs under dense canopy
Snowpack
- Depth
- 120
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- E
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 1250
- Ski Penetration
- 30
- Test Initiation
- veryEasy
- Foot Penetration
- 60
- Cracking Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Depth
- 30
- Site Elevation Band
- btl
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Whumpfing Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- facets
30-50cm F storm snow on ~10cm 4F-F facets, well settled below. Subtle weak bond between new and old snow.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 10
- Slab Width
- 30
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- noWindExposure
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Slab Thickness
- 25
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- E
- Trigger Distance
- 0
- Vegetation Cover
- sparseTrees
- Start Zone Incline
- 40
- Avalanche Character
- stormSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1250
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1200
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- facets
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- btl
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2022-12-24T20:30:00.000Z
Broken crown. Lots of whoomphing. Other small skier remote nearby while skiing. Stubborn hangfire but touchy elsewhere.
Incident
- Group Size
- 3
- Terrain Trap
- noTrap
- Group Activity
- skiing
- Number Injured
- 0
- Number Involved
- 1
- Number Caught Only
- 0
- Number Fully Buried
- 1
- Snow Depth Trigger Point
- average
- Terrain Shape Trigger Point
- convex
- Number Partly Buried Able Breathing
- 0
- Number Partly Buried Impaired Breathing
- 0
First skier skinning triggered at toe of slope. Fully buried and dug out after ~3 minutes buried.