North cornice failure

Incident

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.