Acrade Slide
Incidentandrew-helton · Feb 26, 2021 · North Monashee
Quick report
- Weather
- warm, windy, sunny
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionTemp
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 1
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- crossLoadedSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 1.5
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- NW
- Vegetation Cover
- sparseTrees
- Start Zone Incline
- 35
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab
- Crust Near Weak Layer
- 1
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1700
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1650
- Weak Layer Burial Date
- 2021-02-21
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- facets
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2021-02-22T16:03:00.000Z
Slab was P+ initiated quickly, propagated wide and moved fast, there was also a road that i was buried on that acted as a terrain trap
Incident
- Group Size
- 4
- Terrain Trap
- slopeTransitionOrBench
- Group Activity
- skiing
- Number Involved
- 1
- Number Fully Buried
- 1
- Snow Depth Trigger Point
- average
- Terrain Shape Trigger Point
- planar
Skiing quality in upper third of slope was amazing, Ski pen. of 75cm low density 100-120kg/m3, as the treeline opened up a hard slab was felt, in trying to get away from it i initiated the slab, (in the middle of the slab) it ran fast and solid, was only able to go straight. When seeing the road, i chose not to pull my air bag and ride it out. but try to jump onto the road to try and get away from the terrain trap. Was about a 10m drop on to the road, wasnt able to keep my feet underneath me. at this point the debris started to pile up around/over my shoulders, crushing me down. I fought as hard as i could with my chest and arm that was free to try and create a pocket of air and some room to breath. After 5-7min (felt like forever) my two friends were on my with their transceivers, i calmed them down and took another 15-20 min to dig me out! very thankful for my friends knowing what to do and i hope more people can learn from my mistakes!!