Remote trigger on the Dome
Quick reportyan.kaczynski · Feb 11, 2024 · Sea To Sky
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 80
- Slab Width
- 60
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Slab Thickness
- 20
- Trigger Sub Type
- remote
- Start Zone Aspect
- NW
- Trigger Distance
- 20
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab, stormSlab
- Crust Near Weak Layer
- 1
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-02-11T18:15:00.000Z
Our group went up the Dome to assess conditions in the alpine. As we skied down the mellow slopes of the Dome to gain a less exposed entrance than the top one, we remote triggered a size 1 that propagated to a second one, both on a different aspect than we we were actually skiing but close enough to destabilize the upper snowpack. It triggered about 20m from our tracks, on the mid-North Bowl slope. We avoided skiing in there, and kept to the shoulder, avoiding steep rolls above trees. Further down the Dome shoulder, a solo skier triggered a small 0.5 below his skis and went for a short ride.