Skier triggered slide on ledge
Quick reportchristian.c.ellinger · Feb 17, 2025 · Sky Pilot
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, sunny
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab
Snow was excellent. Classic coastal heavy-ish pow. One skier in our party triggered a small avalanche (1.5) on a steeper roll. Observed signs of recent small slides.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 100
- Slab Width
- 7
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Avalanche Size
- 1.5
- Slab Thickness
- 20
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- NE
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Avalanche Character
- stormSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1500
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2025-02-17T20:00:00.000Z
Skier triggered slab slide on NE facing aspect during a turn. Skier was able to ski out. No previous signs of instability on up track. Saw evidence of smaller (size 1) slides while skinning out of ledge basin.