Reactive sun crust
Quick reportanonymous · Nov 18, 2024 · Jordan
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 60
- Slab Width
- 30
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Wind Exposure
- crossLoadedSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 2
- Slab Thickness
- 41
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- S
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Start Zone Incline
- 36
- Avalanche Character
- stormSlab
- Crust Near Weak Layer
- 1
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1970
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1910
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-11-18T20:30:00.000Z
Open glade near ridgetop. Slab triggered 30 m above skier and carried them into a fence of dense trees. They were luckily buried upright with snow to their chest. The slab ran on a 6 mm thick sun crust with15 cm of faceted snow above which was covered by 25 cm of recent storm snow (including graupel). Due to the unconsolidated snow around trees, smaller avalanches can have large consequences right now. It would have been very hard to walk around and perform a rescue.