Wind Slab
Quick reportNolan Haas · Jan 20, 2025 · Waterton Lakes
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, sunny
- Ride Type
- steepSlopes, sunnySlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 80
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- leeSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1.5
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- N
- Start Zone Incline
- 40
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2400
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- facets
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2025-01-20T07:00:00.000Z
Size 1.5 wind slab off the north aspect of Ogden shoulder, around 2400m. The snow was visibly wind affected. Hand shears were breaking apart before producing failures due to how faceted the upper 30cm was. 3rd skier down triggered a small cookie that then entrained lots of the faceted surface snow and pulled a few pockets on the side walls of the feature on the way down.