Hazard Exists!
Quick reportboarder · Jan 1, 2025 · North Rockies
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, cold, sunny
- Ride Type
- openTrees, steepSlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- powder, windAffected, deepPowder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab
Deep blower snow on north facing sheltered runs! Spent the last few days riding various areas of the rossland range. Conducted stability tests with limited results and didn't see/cause much avalanche activity which had me feeling confident in conditions. Pushed onto a known producer slope I shouldn't have and set off a small slab.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 50
- Slab Width
- 15
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- leeSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Slab Thickness
- 10
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- N, NW
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Start Zone Incline
- 35
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab, looseDry
- Crust Near Weak Layer
- 1
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2130
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 2080
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- stormSnow
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2025-01-01T21:45:00.000Z
My first turn on a steeper, less supported part of plewman bowl released a soft, shallow slab that propagated about 10-15m wide, ran about 50-100m downslope. Easily rode out of the size 1 slide. Was feeling confident in conditions and was a predictable event but I shouldn't have decided to ride that slope.
Incident
- Terrain Trap
- trees
- Group Activity
- skiing
- Snow Depth Trigger Point
- shallow
- Terrain Shape Trigger Point
- unsupported
Easily rode out of small slab release on predictable slope but just shouldn't have riden that.