Ledge Couloir
Quick reportgilbert.pjb · Mar 29, 2024 · Sky Pilot
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, warm, wet
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, openTrees, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Rainfall Rate
- drizzle
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
- Snowfall Rate
- 1
- New Snow24 Hours
- 5
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Note: rainfall rate is inaccurate and could not be unselected
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- N
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 1600
- Ski Penetration
- 15
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Foot Penetration
- 100
- Test Failure Depth
- 15
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- stormSnow
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 100
- Slab Width
- 8
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- leeSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1.5
- Slab Thickness
- 20
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- N
- Start Zone Incline
- 38
- Avalanche Character
- looseDry, stormSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1680
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1550
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- stormSnow
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-03-29T21:01:00.000Z
Incident
- Group Size
- 4
- Terrain Trap
- gullyDepression
- Group Activity
- skiing
- Number Injured
- 0
- Number Involved
- 1
- Number Caught Only
- 1
- Number Fully Buried
- 0
- Snow Depth Trigger Point
- average
- Terrain Shape Trigger Point
- convex
- Number Partly Buried Able Breathing
- 0
- Number Partly Buried Impaired Breathing
- 0
2 parties of 2 skied ledge Couloir. The groups chose to join forces on the Bootpack, but ski the line separately. we noted a thin 10cm storm slab at the bottom, but this seemed to dissippate on the Bootpack(swim?) on the way up. The first skier triggered, a small sluff up high. I was 4th and last down. I chose to ski a line slightly right of the existing tracks, and had a Sz 1.5 storm slab fracture above me, and could feel it moving under me. I was carried about 40m down the Couloir, and was able to stay on the surface with all gear attached. As the debris slowed down I was able to stand up and scoot off to the left and out of the path.