Keith's Hut
IncidentDevin Jones · Nov 28, 2016 · Duffey
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, cloudy, warm
- Ride Type
- openTrees, mellowSlopes, denseTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, steepSlopes, alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- powder, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -5
- Max Temp
- -5
- Min Temp
- -10
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- light
- Sky Condition
- brokenClouds
- Snowfall Rate
- 1
- Wind Direction
- SE
- New Snow24 Hours
- 10
- Storm Start Date
- 2016-11-22T20:00:00.000Z
- Storm Snow Amount
- 50
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 70
- Slab Width
- 35
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- leeSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1.5
- Slab Thickness
- 20
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- N, NE
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Start Zone Incline
- 40
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab
- Crust Near Weak Layer
- 1
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2000
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1930
- Avalanche Observation
- 24to48hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2016-11-27T03:00:00
Triggered by a skier skinning up the slope from another group. One of his poles got buried and could not be retrieved from the debris. All parties were ok and were free of the slide. Seemed as though the slab was sort of wind caked onto the rain crust on the steep surface of this exposed face.
Incident
- Group Size
- 6
- Terrain Trap
- slopeTransitionOrBench, gullyDepression
- Group Activity
- skiing
- Number Injured
- 0
- Number Involved
- 0
- Number Caught Only
- 0
- Snow Depth Trigger Point
- shallow
- Terrain Shape Trigger Point
- planar
- Number Partly Buried Able Breathing
- 0
Triggered by a skier skinning up the slope from another group. One of his poles got buried and could not be retrieved from the debris. All parties were ok and were free of the slide.