Yanks Peak

Avalanche

rabbit6969 · Dec 19, 2020 · Quesnel

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Weather
warm
Ride Type
mellowSlopes, steepSlopes, sunnySlopes, openTrees
Stayed Away
alpineSlopes, convexSlopes
Snow Conditions
crusty, windAffected, powder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab

Avalanche

Heavy tees below open wind loaded face rider 1 cut the bank on the lower side. Rider 2 was coming in from the top and soon as he went to cut in across the face the slab broke loose burring rider 1 to his waist. I mark this as a 2 because of the potential for injury from trees below.