Disease Ridge Skier Accidental
Quick reportATowninthealpine · Feb 8, 2026 · Spearhead
Quick report
- Weather
- sunny, warm
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 80
- Slab Width
- 30
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- leeSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- NW
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Start Zone Incline
- 38
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab
- Crust Near Weak Layer
- 1
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2100
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- facets
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2026-02-08T22:45:00.000Z
Skier Accidental avalanche from Disease Ridge at 2100m. A thin wind slab sitting on small 1mm faceted crystals. The faceted crystals were sitting on the crust from earlier in the week. Really just wanted to touch on the decision of the rider to move out into another wind loaded pocket above a cliff band. If more of the slab released the consequences would have been amplified. No shame in making mistakes and learning. Just be safe!