Avalanche on 8
Quick reportcajgaeke · Mar 1, 2025 · Purcells
Quick report
- Weather
- warm, wet
- Ride Type
- openTrees, mellowSlopes, steepSlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder, heavy
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab
Played in the trees skiers left on 8 and then moved over to the skiers right side of the main bowl. Lead skier rode the ridge between two exposed slopes, size 1.5 avalanche propagated across the right bowl after skier reached the lower ridge. Crown 70 cm, propagated through shallow rocky area and slid on facets close to ground surface. Will upload pictures soon.
Weather
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedCalm
- Blowing Snow
- none
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 100
- Slab Width
- 25
- Trigger Type
- skier
- Avalanche Size
- 1.5
- Slab Thickness
- 70
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- N
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Start Zone Incline
- 30
- Avalanche Character
- persistentSlab, stormSlab
- Crust Near Weak Layer
- 1
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1400
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- facets
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2025-03-01T08:00:00.000Z