Reactive storm slab, hard sliding surface
Quick reportsebycharest · Feb 25, 2024 · Sea To Sky
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, denseTrees, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, alpineSlopes, sunnySlopes, cutBlocks
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound
Amazing day riding some of the deepest, driest snow this season. New snow still overlays problematic crust facet interface.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 30
- Slab Width
- 20
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- leeSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Slab Thickness
- 50
- Trigger Sub Type
- intentional
- Start Zone Aspect
- W
- Vegetation Cover
- denseTrees
- Start Zone Incline
- 35
- Avalanche Character
- stormSlab
- Crust Near Weak Layer
- 1
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 900
- Weak Layer Burial Date
- 2024-02-22
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- facets
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- btl
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-02-25T21:30:00.000Z
Ski cut above steep and unsupported gully wall feature produced a soft slab that broke at my feet and ran into the ravine below. No involvement.