Cornice failure
Quick reportjakethomas987 · Dec 19, 2025 · Glacier
Incident
- Group Size
- 2
- Terrain Trap
- gullyDepression
- Group Activity
- skiing
- Number Injured
- 0
- Number Involved
- 0
- Number Caught Only
- 0
- Number Fully Buried
- 0
- Terrain Shape Trigger Point
- unsupported
- Number Partly Buried Able Breathing
- 0
- Number Partly Buried Impaired Breathing
- 0
Cornice failure at ravens, 1 person fell 3-4 metres at the top of tree line uninjured. On impact the storm slab was reactive causing a size 2 avalanche propagated 15 metres ran roughly 70 metres on a gully feature with wind loading. Skier managed to stop himself & avoid going down slope with the avalanche on a N aspect, at 2119m