Avalanche: Other Regions

A skier remotely triggered a small storm slab avalanche while skiing yesterday @ 63.2324N, 145.3565W. 140 degree aspect, ~35 degree slope. The crown was ~50m wide and looked to be about 20-25cm deep, this is consistent with the depth of fresh snow from Thursday-Friday snow showers. Very low energy slide that only traveled ~30m. Not enough debris to bury someone but enough to take you off your feet. Would have been consequential if the skier were caught and was above exposure.

We had dug a pit ~100m away before skiing and had no reaction on the ECT column test. Was able to get the column to break on a rain crust ~60cm down by prying on the column. 150cm of snow at the pit site with a 33 degree slope angle and 140 degree aspect.

This was a good reminder for us how variable the Deltas can be. We suspect the slide occurred at a buried patch of surface hoar that developed during last weekends clear skies.