Bird Queen Storm Slab
Quick reportjonnyhepburn · Mar 16, 2025 · North Rockies
Quick report
- Weather
- stormy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab
Got pulled into a pitch of steeper terrain and kicked off a storm slab on a SW aspect at a steep, thin convexity just below 1800m. Storm snow moved cleanly on the previous surface crust, but no stepping down. No one carried or buried. Other riders in the parking lot noting similar experiences. Storm snow otherwise skiing beautifully on mellow terrain on top of the former solar crust on W/SW facing slopes.
Avalanche
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- SW
- Vegetation Cover
- sparseTrees
- Start Zone Incline
- 37
- Avalanche Character
- stormSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1800
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1750
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- stormSnow
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2025-03-16T20:30:00.000Z