Garibaldi summit
Quick reportAAnd · Apr 18, 2025 · Garibaldi
Quick report
- Weather
- windy, sunny
- Riding Quality
- ok
- Snow Conditions
- hard
Parked at 1000m on the cheekeye fsr, was Subaru friendly. Hard overnight freeze meant fast travel but was very solid until the main Garibaldi face which catches some morning sun so warmed up. Summit just after 11 which seemed a nice time to get on top for a good ski down as things softened. Large cornice fall off hogs back ridge (?) which triggered a large slab avalanche over 1.5m deep, size 2.5. Everyone was skiing over the debris quickly as there's still a lot of overhead there, unsure of when it fell but must be the last day or two
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 50
- Slab Width
- 10
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- leeSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1
- Slab Thickness
- 30
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- E
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2280
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2025-01-11T09:00:00.910Z
Entered slope from above a cornice, sliding into the slope through a gap in the cornices on the ridge above the Trorey Glacier. The first skier in experienced some loose sluff which ran about 80m downslope. The third skier as they entered triggered a windslab under the steep part of the cornice which propagated about 10m but to skiers right of the line we were skiing, so the skier wasn't affected, this slid about 30-40m.