Large remote trigger
Quick reportalex_salb · Mar 9, 2026 · Esplanade
Quick report
- Weather
- windy, cold, sunny
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -8
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- fewClouds
- Wind Direction
- W
- New Snow24 Hours
- 30
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- none
Snowpack
- Depth
- 300
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- SE
- Site Elevation
- 2400
- Ski Penetration
- 20
- Test Initiation
- none
- Foot Penetration
- 30
- Sled Penetration
- 30
- Site Elevation Band
- alp
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 700
- Slab Width
- 400
- Trigger Type
- snowmobile
- Avalanche Size
- 3.5
- Slab Thickness
- 100
- Trigger Sub Type
- remote
- Start Zone Aspect
- SE
- Trigger Distance
- 150
- Start Zone Incline
- 35
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab, persistentSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 2-5
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2400
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 2100
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2026-03-09T20:00:00.000Z
Remote triggered from 150-200m away from rocky col. Ran full length (~700m) to gully below. SE aspect at ~2400m. Estimated 1m deep crown at max thickness. Sympathetically released next 3 drainages to the south (not pictured). Total width of crown ~800m.
Incident
- Group Size
- 7
- Terrain Trap
- gullyDepression, trees
- Group Activity
- snowmobiling
- Number Injured
- 0
- Number Involved
- 0
- Number Caught Only
- 0
- Number Fully Buried
- 0
- Snow Depth Trigger Point
- variable
- Terrain Shape Trigger Point
- concave
- Number Partly Buried Able Breathing
- 0
- Number Partly Buried Impaired Breathing
- 0