Close call on Dogleg
Quick report23coolbeans · Nov 17, 2024 · West Side 93N
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 72
- Slab Width
- 6
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- leeSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Slab Thickness
- 30
- Trigger Sub Type
- remote
- Start Zone Aspect
- NW
- Trigger Distance
- 8
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Start Zone Incline
- 40
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2490
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 2425
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-11-17T16:00:00.000Z
Party of 2 went to ski Dogleg. About 30 cm of low-density fist snow was found on the fan and the bottom two-thirds of the dogleg couloir. At around 2480m the low-density powder changed to a wind slab. We stopped briefly to talk about turning around and remotely triggered a size 1 windslab around 8m above us. We were lucky enough to stay on our feet the whole time and everyone was ok.