Highway Bowl
Quick reportFlorian · Feb 7, 2024 · Long Range Mountains
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab
After a ski cut at the convexity at the start of the run which triggered a small slab (15cm 2m wide) and flushed down some sluff I dropped in. In the second turn I triggered a wider properaging slab. About 15 to 20 cm slab depth with a 10m wide crown that ran quite fast roughly 200m down the slope. The slab failed on the rain/melt crust. I managed to escape to the side but one of my skies got ripped off. I recovered the ski later in the run out zone.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 200
- Slab Width
- 10
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- leeSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1.5
- Slab Thickness
- 18
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- NE
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Start Zone Incline
- 42
- Avalanche Character
- stormSlab, windSlab
- Crust Near Weak Layer
- 1
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2220
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 2070
- Weak Layer Burial Date
- 2024-02-04
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-02-07T19:00:00.000Z
After a ski cut at the convexity at the start of the run which triggered a small slab (15cm 2m wide) and flushed down some sluff I dropped in. In the second turn I triggered a wider properaging slab. About 15 to 20 cm slab depth with a 10m wide crown that ran quite fast roughly 200m down the slope. The slab failed on the rain/melt crust. I managed to escape to the side but one of my skies got ripped off. I recovered the ski later in the run out zone.