Spencer Holland

Quick report

Weather

cloudy

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, steepSlopes

Stayed Away

convexSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSnow

Weather

Wind Speed

windSpeedLight

Blowing Snow

light

Sky Condition

brokenClouds

Wind Direction

W

New Snow24 Hours

2

Storm Start Date

2026-03-27

Storm Snow Amount

20

Temperature Trend

steady

Precipitation Type

none

In and out light flurries throughout the day with blowing snow to the E calm to light winds throughout the day with slight cooling throughout the day with a air temp of -9 at 1300

Snowpack

Depth

300

Obs Type

point

Site Aspect

NE

Site Elevation

1540

Test Initiation

none

Foot Penetration

40

Site Elevation Band

tln

Surface Conditions

newSnow

Dug a ECT at tree line below the main north bowl ridge in a sheltered area above the trees, no results on a etc and had some difficulty prying the block off the column and it broke unevenly across the base of the column, inspected PWL at 140cms and found mixed forms of rounds and some facets 0.5-2mm.

Avalanche

Run Length

580

Trigger Type

skier

Wind Exposure

leeSlope

Avalanche Size

1.5

Trigger Sub Type

intentional

Start Zone Aspect

NE

Vegetation Cover

openSlope

Start Zone Incline

40

Avalanche Character

looseDry, corniceOnly

Number Of Avalanches

1

Start Zone Elevation

1740

Runout Zone Elevation

1350

Avalanche Observation

12hrsAgo

Start Zone Elevation Band

alp

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2026-03-29T22:00:00.000Z

A group of two were digging roughly 100cms in depth to dig out part of the NE facing cornice near the top of Hankin, lead person digging miss judged the appropriate depth to enter the edge of the cornice and overall size from the bottom of the feature. Which set of a 2m by 4m cornice which resulted in a dry loose avalanche which ran to the bottom of the feature

Incident

Group Size

2

Terrain Trap

slopeTransitionOrBench, trees

Group Activity

skiing

Number Involved

1

Number Caught Only

1

Snow Depth Trigger Point

deep

Terrain Shape Trigger Point

concave

While digging into a cornice lead person digging misjudged the depth and size of cornice, when the cornice was triggered it pulled back 4-8ft into the rocky ridge which caused the lead person digging to fall into the dry loose avalanche. They were able to stay on top of the avalanche and self recovered and walked away uninjured