Cayoosh glacier slab

Avalanche

Jean-Francois Montariol · Feb 15, 2021 · Duffey

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Avalanche

Trigger Type
skier
Avalanche Size
1
Slab Thickness
10
Trigger Sub Type
accidental
Start Zone Aspect
N
Avalanche Character
looseDry, stormSlab
Number Of Avalanches
1
Start Zone Elevation
2200
Avalanche Observation
24to48hrsAgo
Start Zone Elevation Band
alp
Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
2021-02-15T14:00:00

started in the morning with 3-4cm fresh snow at 1300m then 5-6cm at 2400m at Cayoosh pass. As we went down the Cayoosh glacier, I went down a convex slopes entering pretty much straight I did about 10 turns and I heard my friend yelling, I turned around while skiing and saw the avalanche coming very fast to me. I try to speed up and went left, the slope became gentle and avalanche stoped. size was 40m wide and maybe 5 to 10cm thick.