Cougar East

Quick report

Weather

foggy, cloudy

Ride Type

openTrees

Stayed Away

steepSlopes, convexSlopes, alpineSlopes

Snow Conditions

deepPowder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound

We skied Cougar East linking the most conservative, supported terrain features. We dug a profile at 1950m and had a sudden moderate result down 50cm, but there wasn’t much slab cohesion in the snow and we had no signs of instability. Lower down after crossing the bench to the far skier’s left at 1550m it got spicier, but not in the good hot sauce way. Lots of whumphing, pillows cracking and we remote triggered a size 1 slab in a gully feature. No jalapeño sweat though - we were in a supported feature between the gullies that may not have been the best skiing but kept us out of trouble. We rejoined the gully feature when the angle lessened to get some much needed Instagram footage.

Avalanche

Run Length

40

Slab Width

25

Trigger Type

skier

Wind Exposure

downFlow

Avalanche Size

1

Slab Thickness

40

Trigger Sub Type

remote

Start Zone Aspect

N

Trigger Distance

20

Vegetation Cover

openSlope

Avalanche Character

persistentSlab

Crust Near Weak Layer

1

Number Of Avalanches

1

Weak Layer Crystal Type

surfaceHoar

Start Zone Elevation Band

btl

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2026-02-17T22:00:00.000Z