Ymir Peak backside

Quick report

Weather

cloudy

Ride Type

alpineSlopes

Stayed Away

convexSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab

Avalanche

Run Length

85

Slab Width

17

Trigger Type

skier

Wind Exposure

crossLoadedSlope

Avalanche Size

1.5

Slab Thickness

30

Trigger Sub Type

intentional

Start Zone Aspect

E

Vegetation Cover

openSlope

Start Zone Incline

35

Avalanche Character

stormSlab

Crust Near Weak Layer

1

Number Of Avalanches

1

Start Zone Elevation

2300

Runout Zone Elevation

2200

Weak Layer Burial Date

2024-02-05

Avalanche Observation

12hrsAgo

Start Zone Elevation Band

alp

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2024-02-09T21:10:00.000Z

Trying to get to start of actual ski run, by going around back of Ymir Peak at the highest part of Kutetl basin ("Peak to the bench"). Commitment level fairly high due to steep, icy slopes that we navigated at start of this section, but the main problem became blown-in storm snow that eventually became deep enough at the critical final section trying to attain ridgeline feature that is the start of the run (about 35m of open slope). Trying to gingerly move along and kick something off while maintaining contact with crust, eventually this released. Skier moved about 0.5m down slope onto bed surface. Some hangfire was still in place which made it tenuous to gain the ridge, which was eventually done by skiing the bed surface across, then boot-packing through more supported slab into crust for about 10 metres. Not ideal. Very hard crust on bed surface and higher on slope. No other instabilities noted on actual run (NE aspect) although we took it quite easy.