Skier triggered size 2 on wind slab
Quick reportMichael Kennedy · Dec 28, 2025 · Coquihalla
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, windy, cold
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, steepSlopes, denseTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab
Did a basic pit test and found wind slab that had a non propagating failure at CTH 32 BRK. We decided to ski and did a ski cut test and triggered a size 2 with a 30cm crown that ran 70-80m.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 80
- Slab Width
- 15
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- crossLoadedSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 2
- Slab Thickness
- 30
- Trigger Sub Type
- intentional
- Start Zone Aspect
- SW
- Start Zone Incline
- 32
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1800
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1720
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- stormSnow
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2025-12-28T19:20:00.000Z
We dug a pit and found CTH 32 BRK at 30cm. Decided to ski cut our run and triggered a size 2 avalanche. No skiers harmed or caught.