Gorge 15 km saddle
Quick reportjason1airey · Jan 12, 2021 · Jordan
Quick report
- Weather
- stormy, windy, warm
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, steepSlopes, convexSlopes, openTrees
- Riding Quality
- Good
- Snow Conditions
- heavy, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab
I remote triggered a small avalanche, the first photo. Was very alarming how easy it set off and how far away I was. Investigating the slope, and staying well away from danger I triggered a second large avalanche (2nd photo) that ran many 100s of meters thru the trees. crown of both was recent storm snow about 20cm. Trying to get a good picture, we found another avalanche that appeared to have been a remote trigger from an earlier group. It was not visible from their skin track. We turned around and skied what we felt was a very safe slope. We had skied the same slopes the day before. Was stable and good skiing the day before with a thin ice crust on the surface.
Incident
- Comment
- <p>I skied off the skin track to observe the snow, I Remote triggered a small but scary avalanche. I could have easily been right under it. Was very alarming how easy it set off and how far away I was. Investigating the slope, and staying well away from danger I triggered a second large avalanche (2nd photo) that ran many 100s of meters thru the trees. crown of both was recent storm snow about 20cm. Trying to get a good picture, we found another avalanche that appeared to have been a remote trigger from an earlier group. It was not visible from their skin track. We turned around and skied what we felt was a very safe slope. We had skied the same slopes the day before. Was stable and good skiing the day before with a thin ice crust on the surface. </p>