Little White summit
Incidentjruby · Feb 4, 2022 · South Okanagan
Quick report
- Weather
- warm, windy, sunny
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, alpineSlopes, steepSlopes
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, sunnySlopes, openTrees
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- powder, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab
130cm base at summit, small size 1 skier triggered release on thin (<20cm) rock section on north east aspect. CTH 21 at summit down 70cm. snowpack heavily wind affected on all but north aspects. wind blowing towards north with heavy windloading over north cliffs.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 130
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- N
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 2170
- Test Initiation
- hard
- Foot Penetration
- 27
- Test Failure Depth
- 70
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Surface Conditions
- crust
- Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
- crust
Incident
- Group Size
- 2
- Terrain Trap
- trees
- Group Activity
- skiing
- Number Injured
- 0
- Number Involved
- 0
- Number Caught Only
- 0
- Number Fully Buried
- 0
- Snow Depth Trigger Point
- shallow
- Terrain Shape Trigger Point
- planar
- Number Partly Buried Able Breathing
- 0
- Number Partly Buried Impaired Breathing
- 0
Small size 1, skier triggered on thin rock slab. no skiers injured or buried.