Observation: Public
Observation Details
Name:
Henry TargettObservation Date:
January 7, 2023Submitted:
January 7, 2023Zone or Region:
West SouthActivity:
Skiing/SnowboardingLocation:
The Castle RidgeTriggered Avalanches
Did you trigger any avalanches?
YesWas it intentional?
NoAvalanche Type:
Soft SlabSize:
Size 2: Could bury, injure, or kill a personElevation:
5500”Aspect:
NWComments:
Underneath a convex roll. Avalanche was about 40 ft wide with a six inch crown. Length was about 80ft.Signs of Unstable Snow
None reported
Observations
A group of four of us had skied a run and went back up to do another lap in an adjacent gully. We had experienced small wind slabs throughout the tour and had discussed the drop into our next run with this in mind. I dropped in on a rolling convex ridge - in doing so I triggered a slab that broke off underneath the convex roll. I continued to ski down the gully and my ski partner who was off to the right alerted me of the avalanche and I skied up on the opposite side of the gully. The terrain below was reasonably low consequence, however in retrospect- it was too aggressive of a terrain choice.
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