Cropper

Quick report

Weather

sunny, warm

Ride Type

steepSlopes, denseTrees, alpineSlopes, sunnySlopes, mellowSlopes

Stayed Away

convexSlopes, openTrees

Riding Quality

amazing

Snow Conditions

powder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab

Spicy conditions at Gorge 15km. 60cm of storm snow that was very reactive (m3),Dec 4 surface hoar now down 140cm. Hs is 300 cm. Many natural avalanches size 1.5-2 and observed a size 3 likely remote triggered by a group of sledders. These avalanches were observed on north, west and east aspects. Skied the south side with no signs of avalanches. Sorry for no pictures as I left my phone in the truck.

Avalanche

Run Length

140

Slab Width

8

Trigger Type

skier

Wind Exposure

leeSlope

Avalanche Size

2

Slab Thickness

30

Trigger Sub Type

accidental

Start Zone Aspect

NE

Vegetation Cover

sparseTrees

Start Zone Incline

42

Avalanche Character

windSlab, stormSlab

Crust Near Weak Layer

1

Number Of Avalanches

1

Start Zone Elevation

2100

Runout Zone Elevation

1960

Weak Layer Burial Date

2023-12-31

Avalanche Observation

12hrsAgo

Weak Layer Crystal Type

stormSnow

Start Zone Elevation Band

tln

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2024-01-05T20:00:00.983Z

Went for a low tide ride today. Thankfully came out unscathed with the exception of losing my pole. We skied a line off queest proper. We were expecting some loose sloughing. It turned to be more of a slab. My partner skied first with no signs of avalanche. I followed once he was off the slope and managed to trigger a slab after my second turn. I ended up 80m down the slope where the avalanche pulled me, mostly on top of the snow and through some small trees. We both were skiing the line fast with the expectation of sloughing. Not a Consolidated slab. In retrospect it should have been more of a consideration.

Incident

Terrain Trap

trees

Group Activity

skiing

Snow Depth Trigger Point

deep

Terrain Shape Trigger Point

convex