Morey's Bowl Spook

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, windy

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, denseTrees, openTrees, steepSlopes

Stayed Away

convexSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

hard, powder, windAffected

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound

Skier triggered avalanche at the bottom of a chute into Morey's bowl. Believed to have triggered persistent slab. Size 1.

Avalanche

Run Length

15

Slab Width

10

Trigger Type

skier

Avalanche Size

1

Slab Thickness

80

Trigger Sub Type

accidental

Start Zone Aspect

N

Vegetation Cover

openSlope

Start Zone Incline

35

Avalanche Character

persistentSlab

Number Of Avalanches

1

Start Zone Elevation

2025

Runout Zone Elevation

2010

Avalanche Observation

12hrsAgo

Start Zone Elevation Band

alp

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2025-01-11T21:00:00.000Z

Incident

Group Size

2

Terrain Trap

noTrap

Group Activity

skiing

Number Injured

0

Number Involved

1

Number Caught Only

1

Number Fully Buried

0

Snow Depth Trigger Point

average

Terrain Shape Trigger Point

convex

Number Partly Buried Able Breathing

0

Number Partly Buried Impaired Breathing

0

Skier heard whumpf then accidentally triggered size 1. Had poked a pole into the slope higher in the avalanche path and decided to avoid. Avalanche was trigger lower in the path.