Corbin Attempt - Wind Slabs
Quick reportschipkin1 · Jan 9, 2025 · North Selkirk
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, sunny
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- powder, windAffected
Attempted to ski Corbin, underestimated the difficulty of the ascent and ran out of time. Wound up skiing the SE face in excellent conditions. Intentionally triggered a wind slab at the top of the line.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 400
- Slab Width
- 12
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- crossLoadedSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Slab Thickness
- 25
- Trigger Sub Type
- intentional
- Start Zone Aspect
- E
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Start Zone Incline
- 42
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2500
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 2100
- Weak Layer Burial Date
- 2025-01-08
- Avalanche Observation
- 12to24hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- facets
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2025-01-09T21:00:00.000Z
Triggered by snowboard cut, results were as expected. Small wind slab collected quit a bit of loose new snow on the way down