Engadine Burn Slides
Quick reportreid_zuk · Jan 20, 2024 · Spray - KLakes
Quick report
- Weather
- warm
- Ride Type
- openTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder, wet
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp
Skied the open trees at Engadine burn above the bench. We stayed at or below treeline. First lap in the narrow opening or chute like feature was good. Decent snow but some sharks to watch out for. No signs of instability. Second lap far skiers left in 30 to 35 degree terrain, west aspect. Temperatures had warmed notably. Skiers triggered several size 1's in the wet snow that collected some facets. A size 1.5-2 was caused by skiers that stepped down into facets and ran to the bottom of the slope. No signs of wind, no propagation. No skiers caught.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 85
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- noWindExposure
- Avalanche Size
- 1.5
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- SW, W
- Vegetation Cover
- sparseTrees
- Start Zone Incline
- 30
- Avalanche Character
- looseWet
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2350
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 2250
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- facets
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-01-20T21:00:00.000Z
Far skiers left in 30-35 degree terrain in open burnt trees. It was warm, mostly cloudy with some sun poking through the clouds. The snow was getting wet. Riders triggered a couple size 1's when turning hard or stopping that started as pinwheels then stepped down into the facets. A size 1.5-2 was triggered by two riders that stepped down into facets and ran to the bottom of the slope. Natural pinwheeling had occurred at start point of this slide prior to skier traffic. There were no signs of propagation. Slope angle was 30 to 35 degrees. No riders were caught in the slides. No signs of wind or slabs.
Incident
- Group Size
- 5
- Terrain Trap
- trees
- Group Activity
- skiing
- Number Injured
- 0
- Number Involved
- 0
- Number Caught Only
- 0
- Number Fully Buried
- 0
- Snow Depth Trigger Point
- average
- Terrain Shape Trigger Point
- planar
- Number Partly Buried Able Breathing
- 0
- Number Partly Buried Impaired Breathing
- 0
Skiers triggered several size 1 wet looses and one size 1.5-2 that stepped into facets. No one was caught.