Pearson Creek
AvalancheTIMJMCG · Feb 8, 2023 · South Chilcotin
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, sunny
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, sunnySlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
Group of 8 skiing fresh powder in Pearson Creek area near El Dorado Hut. First skier skied over a wind scoured patch of shallower snow that lay over a boulder. This motion triggered a release of the weak persistent layer that propagated uphill from the initial start zone about 50 metres where it stepped up to the more recent storm/wind slab. Slow moving size 2 avalanche which skier skied out of. Slope angle was approx 27 degrees at initial start zone.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 100
- Slab Width
- 30
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Avalanche Size
- 2
- Slab Thickness
- 30
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- E
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Start Zone Incline
- 27
- Avalanche Character
- deepPersistentSlab, stormSlab
- Crust Near Weak Layer
- 1
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2070
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 2040
- Avalanche Observation
- moreThan48hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- stormSnow
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2023-02-08T21:44:00.000Z
Group of 8 skiing fresh powder in Pearson Creek area near El Dorado Hut. First skier skied over a wind scoured patch of shallower snow that lay over a boulder. This motion triggered a release of the weak persistent layer that propagated uphill from the initial start zone about 50 metres where it stepped up to the more recent storm/wind slab. Slow moving size 2 avalanche which skier skied out of. Slope angle was approx 27 degrees at initial start zone.