Secret Chute
Quick reportbenlance14 · Jan 22, 2025 · Ymir
Quick report
- Weather
- sunny
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, openTrees, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder, windAffected
Tried secret chute and then proceeded along the ridge to a sw aspect, very wind swept at the top and very quickly turning to powder. W aspect of the burn was fantastic skiing with seemingly no crust.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 100
- Slab Width
- 8
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- crossLoadedSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Slab Thickness
- 30
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- NW
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Start Zone Incline
- 45
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2200
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 2125
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- surfaceHoarAndFacets
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2025-01-22T20:00:00.000Z
Slope skiers left of secret chute, started with a ski cut, cracking and running off skis 5 cm down. Silde slipped to point pictured and slab stepped down ≈ 30cm very quickly looked at the snow and decided to boot pack back to ridge top because of uncertainty in slope and surrounding features. Happy to call this a learning experience and not to be swept into the wall below.