Large avalanche in Cypress backside
Quick reportPhilipp Hinz ยท Mar 3, 2017
Quick report
- Weather
- wet, cloudy, foggy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, denseTrees, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- Good
- Snow Conditions
- heavy, windAffected, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab
There's a hard 5cm thick snow layer underneath 5-10cm of powder. Riding conditions not too great because of the heavy snow. Observed a massive size 2 slab avalanche with one partially buried person, unharmed. Not sure if self or over distance triggered. The top 20cm teared over a width of around 400m, below Mt Strachnan and slid trough the gully.