Bow Headwall Avalanche

Avalanche

rwasy619 · Feb 9, 2020 · Glacier

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Weather
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Snow Conditions
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Avalanche Conditions
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Intense winds overnight at bow hut starting around 0300 and still gusting throughout the the day. Flat/low light and low visibility near the hut all morning.

Avalanche

Skier accidental trigger on Headwall coming out of Bow hut. Skier was partially buried and able to self extricate. No injuries. Shooting cracks and whumpfing observed on all snow near and below the hut/cirque and observed throughout most of the terrain well past the canyon on the way out. Sluffing and debris observed in the canyon. Small trigger <0.5 in canyon. Very intense winds since 0300 overnight at bow hut.