Abbott East Face

Quick report

Weather

cold, sunny

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, steepSlopes, sunnySlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

hard, powder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab

Avalanche

Run Length

500

Slab Width

30

Trigger Type

skier

Avalanche Size

2

Slab Thickness

25

Trigger Sub Type

remote

Start Zone Aspect

E

Trigger Distance

6

Vegetation Cover

openSlope

Avalanche Character

persistentSlab

Number Of Avalanches

1

Start Zone Elevation

2250

Runout Zone Elevation

1850

Start Zone Elevation Band

alp

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2025-02-13T23:30:00.000Z

Incident

Group Size

2

Terrain Trap

gullyDepression

Group Activity

skiing

Number Injured

0

Number Involved

1

Number Caught Only

1

Snow Depth Trigger Point

average

Terrain Shape Trigger Point

concave

While skiing down Abbott east face, the first skier triggered an avalanche. This happened while attempting to traverse to the skier's left to continue the descent on the ridge in the direction of Mushroom people (avoiding the gully on the right side). The skier got caught and dragged for circa 25 m. Then stopped unharmed. We decided to continue the descent through the gully avoiding the slope above Mushroom people. The snow we skied in the gully after the avalanche was very hard and uneven. Before the incident, in the upper section of the face, there was a lot of sluffing. Also, there was a party of 3 the day before us (that we knew of) riding close to the trigger point without triggering (see photos).