Skier-triggered avalanche
Quick reportSkier4000 · Feb 25, 2025 · Glacier
Quick report
- Weather
- warm
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSound
Skier-triggered size 1 avalanche on the SE face of Video peak while skinning up. The recent storm slab was the reactive layer, crown was ~30 cm. Avalanche started ~10 m above skier, carried them down 100m (as per GPS track). Skier was not burried, not injured. Heard 1 “whooph” as we started the steeper part of the ascent ~ 100 m below the peak, and that slid 0.5 seconds later. Slope was ~40 degrees.
Weather
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Snowpack
- Site Aspect
- SE
- Site Elevation
- 2450
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
- Whumpfing Observed
- 1
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 100
- Slab Width
- 25
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Slab Thickness
- 30
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- SE
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Start Zone Incline
- 40
- Avalanche Character
- stormSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2450
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 2350
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2025-02-25T19:30:00.000Z
Skier-triggered size 1 avalanche on the SE face of Video peak while skinning up. The recent storm slab was the reactive layer, crown was ~30 cm. Avalanche started ~10 m above skier, carried them down 100m (as per GPS track). Skier was not burried, not injured. Heard 1 “whooph” as we started the steeper part of the ascent ~ 100 m below the peak, and that slid 0.5 seconds later. Slope was ~40 degrees.
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
- deep
- Terrain Shape Trigger Point
- planar
- Number Partly Buried Able Breathing
- 0
- Number Partly Buried Impaired Breathing
- 0
Skier-triggered size 1 avalanche on the SE face of Video peak while skinning up. The recent storm slab was the reactive layer, crown was ~30 cm. Avalanche started ~10 m above skier, carried them down 100m (as per GPS track). Skier was not burried, not injured. Heard 1 “whooph” as we started the steeper part of the ascent ~ 100 m below the peak, and that slid 0.5 seconds later. Slope was ~40 degrees.