Asulkan
IncidentKursten Smith · Dec 20, 2016 · Glacier
Quick report
- Weather
- stormy, cloudy
- Ride Type
- openTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound, avalancheConditionSnow
1x SA sz 1 on E aspect 2050 m Crown 30 - 50 cm on Dec 19 below Asulkan Hut , Partial burial , no lost equipment, no injuries. We put a skin track across a lee slope and traveled with spacing between use. When the 2nd person arrived at the crest to join the 1st , the 3rd was in the middle of the slope with about 15m of slope above. The slab propagated and released and knocked the 3rd off their feet with the dense slab. A 2nd avalanche was remoted just above the Asulkan hut to a Sz1.5 on a SW aspect (no Involvement) we quickly decided the mtn was telling use to turn around. We skied the great snow in the tree triangle down to the trail and called it a day. New storm snow is sitting on a weak facet layer that is not bonding well, along with wind slabs and storm slabs of varying depth in the alp, makes things spicy.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 50
- Slab Width
- 20
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- reverseLoadedSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1.5
- Trigger Sub Type
- remote
- Start Zone Aspect
- SW
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab, stormSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2150
- Weak Layer Burial Date
- 2016-12-19T20:00:00.000Z
- Avalanche Observation
- 12to24hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2016-12-19T12:00:00
we also noticed several, releases on the S - SW features (up to sz 1). we had cracking and propagation on rolls with skin track setting in lower elevation ( 1700 approximately) on the E - SE
Incident
- Group Size
- 3
- Group Activity
- skiing
- Number Involved
- 1
- Terrain Shape Trigger Point
- planar
- Number Partly Buried Able Breathing
- 1
1x SA sz 1 on E aspect 2050 m Crown 30 - 50 cm on Dec 19 below Asulkan Hut , Partial burial , no lost equipment, no injuries. the involved person was able to cough up the snow in their mouth We put a skin track across a lee slope and traveled with spacing between use. When the 2nd person arrived at the crest to join the 1st , the 3rd was in the middle of the slope with about 15m of slope above. The slab propagated form near where the first 2 where standing, released and knocked the 3rd off their feet with a dense slab.