Back side Wendy Thomson hut
Incidentkolthoyle · Mar 22, 2024 · Duffey
Quick report
- Weather
- sunny, cloudy
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, sunnySlopes
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSound, avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionTemp
Lots of poor decisions were made even tho we all knew better, didn’t realize how wind loaded the slope was until we got to the top only way out was to go back down soon as I dropped into the bowl I felt a whompf and saw the slab about 20 m in front of me. Wasn’t any sign of other slides around
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -3
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
- Snowfall Rate
- 1
- Wind Direction
- NE
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Snowpack
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Whumpfing Observed
- 1
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- stormSnow
Avalanche
- Wind Exposure
- leeSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 3
- Trigger Sub Type
- remote
- Start Zone Aspect
- NE
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1900
- Avalanche Observation
- 12to24hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- stormSnow
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp, tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2025-03-22T22:11:00.000Z
Incident
- Terrain Trap
- gullyDepression
- Group Activity
- snowmobiling
- Snow Depth Trigger Point
- deep
- Terrain Shape Trigger Point
- convex
Wind slap ran on propagated layer up slope on facete layer remote trigger, better planning/communication in group needed