Hector south Ridge

Quick report

Chris Moneypenny · Dec 23, 2019 · East Side 93N

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Quick report

Weather
warm, sunny
Ride Type
alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, denseTrees, convexSlopes, sunnySlopes
Stayed Away
steepSlopes
Snow Conditions
deepPowder, windAffected
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound

Avalanche

Skiing from Hector South Ridge alpine down benched terrain into SW facing draining we triggered a large settlement over a convex roll and it propagated roughly 60m wide around 50cm deep. Worryingly it remote triggered a much larger 150m x 100m long 50cm deep slide about 100m away. The whoompf travelled through lower angle 25-30° slope which remained unmoved and then peeled away anything over 35°. It wasn't too surprising to see it cut out on that roll but in retrospect I got too comfortable with the quality lower angled skiing and wanted a little more angle. We had the odd settlement in very low angle terrain but hadn't seen anything propagating or moving. This slid on a very firm crust 5-10cm off the ground. Appeared to be a combination of temp/wind crust over facets. I'd guess the November rain crust possibly. The slab cut out in two 20-30cm thick slabs that broke up but held sizable blocks.