Wind Slab at Carmack
Quick reportjodybraul · Mar 14, 2025 · Vancouver Island
Quick report
- Weather
- windy
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, openTrees
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected, hard, crusty, powder
Found a spot of touchy wind slab that took me for a short ride on a size 1 avalanche. We triggered it on the way up, with the crown well above us. It was a soft slab sliding on an icy weak interface with a sun crust. Wind transport was hard to see with the particles of snow being so small, but was obvious once we stayed in the same place a while and saw our tracks being filled in and the crown of the avalanche being filled in.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 90
- Slab Width
- 110
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- leeSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Slab Thickness
- 25
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- S
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Start Zone Incline
- 35
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab
- Crust Near Weak Layer
- 1
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1475
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1455
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2025-03-14T18:30:00.000Z
Measurements are approximated from comparing GPS tracking to photos and maps.