Brain Waddington - Cabin Hill
AvalancheBWSQ · Feb 11, 2023 · Birkenhead
Quick report
- Weather
- foggy, cloudy, stormy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, steepSlopes, denseTrees, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, alpineSlopes, cutBlocks
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSound
We avoided alpine slopes due to the previous storm snow accumulation and stuck to mellow / steep trees on Cabin Hill outside of Brain Waddington Hut. A ski cut was tested off a convexity and a .5 size storm slab was released. Large whumpfing was reported while crossing Long Lake on the skin in (Friday, Feb 10). A second skier accidental triggered a size 1 storm slab off a convexity on Cabin Hill Left. Skier lost one ski but was not buried.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 30
- Slab Width
- 15
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Slab Thickness
- 20
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- N
- Vegetation Cover
- sparseTrees
- Avalanche Character
- stormSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1820
- Avalanche Observation
- moreThan48hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- stormSnow
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2023-02-11T23:00:00.000Z
We avoided alpine slopes due to the previous storm snow accumulation and stuck to mellow / steep trees on Cabin Hill outside of Brain Waddington Hut. A ski cut was tested off a convexity on a N aspect in sparse trees and a .5 size storm slab was released. Large whumpfing was reported while crossing Long Lake on the skin in (Friday, Feb 10). A second skier accidental triggered a size 1 storm slab off a convexity on N aspect, Cabin Hill Left at approx. 1820m. Skier was swept off their feet, but not buried.