I'm not married to the icy, I'd rather shoosh

Quick report

Weather

windy, sunny

Ride Type

openTrees, steepSlopes, convexSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder, windAffected

Peeked into the icy couloir(ice cooler or whatever the kids are calling it these days), but between the tight committing entrance, visibility, and uncertainty about the snow below the pinch, we decided to leave it for another day and skied the left side of Little Simpsons instead. The top was windswept but plenty soft to get an edge, and made for good fast turns. Halfway down the bowl deeper into treeline, one of our crew triggered a recently formed windslab beneath a convexity, but that convexity above did not release. Crown was 20-30cm deep, shot roughly 20m across the steep slope. The rider was on the very end of the crown when it triggered the slab, which shot across the feature and following him down the line. Thankfully he's very fast and nimble, and it didn't catch up to him. Because of the hangfire lurking above the crown, we didn't linger long enough to inspect the sliding surface or weak layer involved, but it seemed like a ~24hr soft windslab on a firmer layer that resembled the top of the bowl.

Avalanche

Run Length

100

Slab Width

20

Trigger Type

skier

Wind Exposure

leeSlope

Avalanche Size

2

Slab Thickness

25

Trigger Sub Type

accidental

Start Zone Aspect

SE

Avalanche Character

windSlab

Number Of Avalanches

1

Start Zone Elevation Band

tln

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2025-02-25T08:00:00.000Z