North cornice release
Quick reportadamburgart · Dec 28, 2025 · Dogtooth
Quick report
- Weather
- cold
- Riding Quality
- good
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab
Third skier entered line in rocky ridge top.
Incident
- Group Size
- 4
- Terrain Trap
- noTrap
- Group Activity
- skiing
- Number Involved
- 1
- Snow Depth Trigger Point
- variable
- Number Partly Buried Able Breathing
- 1
Third skier was working their way into the line (lookers left). Ridge top storm slab was reactive and as a small slab kicked off causing a surprise cornice failure behind the skier. This triggered the rest of slopes storm to go at a less than ideal spot. 100m tomahawk/ride to the fan, half buried.