Tom George
Quick reportjacob.vos · Feb 23, 2025 · Howson
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, stormy
- Ride Type
- convexSlopes, denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSound
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedModerate
- Blowing Snow
- moderate
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- New Snow24 Hours
- 30
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Elevation
- 1500
- Site Elevation Band
- btl, tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
- Whumpfing Observed
- 1
30cm or so of new snow NTL
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 85
- Slab Width
- 30
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- crossLoadedSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 2
- Slab Thickness
- 60
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- SE
- Vegetation Cover
- sparseTrees
- Start Zone Incline
- 33
- Avalanche Character
- persistentSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1592
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1526
- Weak Layer Burial Date
- 2025-01-15
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- facets, surfaceHoar
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2025-02-23T17:15:00.000Z
Avalanche with a 20-60cm crown triggered on the mid-January buried surface hoar/facet interface. Accidentally triggered by the fourth rider on the slope who was caught, carried, and injured after impacting a tree in the runout. Debris reached the first three skiers, one of who was pushed 10m or so and who ejected from skis.
Incident
- Group Size
- 14
- Terrain Trap
- slopeTransitionOrBench, trees
- Group Activity
- skiing
- Number Injured
- 1
- Number Involved
- 2
- Number Caught Only
- 1
- Number Fully Buried
- 0
- Snow Depth Trigger Point
- variable
- Terrain Shape Trigger Point
- convex
- Number Partly Buried Able Breathing
- 0
- Number Partly Buried Impaired Breathing
- 0
4th skier on slope, a splitboarder, caught, carried, and injured from a tree strike. When the debris settled, the splitboarder was able to sit upright with torso unburied, though feet and board were buried. Another skier lower down was pushed by the toe of the debris and lost skis, which were recovered.