Ross Pillows Slab Avalanche
Quick reportlinus.hagestam · Feb 11, 2026 · Glacier
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 30
- Slab Width
- 15
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- noWindExposure
- Avalanche Size
- 1.5
- Slab Thickness
- 30
- Trigger Sub Type
- remote
- Start Zone Aspect
- SE
- Trigger Distance
- 3
- Vegetation Cover
- sparseTrees
- Start Zone Incline
- 35
- Avalanche Character
- persistentSlab
- Crust Near Weak Layer
- 1
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1240
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1210
- Weak Layer Burial Date
- 2000-02-08
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- surfaceHoarAndFacets
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- btl
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2026-02-11T17:45:00.000Z
Today we were going on a tour to ross pillows, our group decided to approach from the loop brook parking, moving along the creek - to then put an uptrack in the ross pillows face. Getting on to the face the snow felt good, however pretty soon when we got onto a steeper section with unsupported snow (pillows) we noticed a high reactivity in the snowpack, shooting cracks and wumphing. Despite this we decided to continue a little further up, soon the 2 people in the front decided we needed to stop & discuss wether to continue or not. As the remaining 3 in the group made their way to their position the 2 in the front stayed in position, but then taking 1 more step remotely triggered an avalanche on to the last person in the group. The slide didn’t drag the last person with it and slid quite short. After the slide the crust below was very apparent and very thick.