Observation: Public

Name:

Erin Reynolds

Observation Date:

January 16, 2023

Submitted:

January 16, 2023

Zone or Region:

East Central

Activity:

Skiing/Snowboarding

Location:

Mission Ridge, inbounds, below microwave

Did you observe any avalanches?

Yes

Avalanche Type:

Hard Slab

Size:

Size 2: Could bury, injure, or kill a person

Elevation:

Microwave area, N facing bowl, ridge line approx 6700

Aspect:

N

Comments:

See photos. Depth of avalanche and crown about only about a foot or so but above consequential terrain of cliff bands. Carried skier but only partially buried. Lost both skis and able to recover skis doing a probe line.

None reported

Clear, relatively calm day with clouds moving in later afternoon. Aside from this slide, did observe wind affected snow on N and NW aspects and triggered small wind slabs.

Wind slab. See high up in photo along ridge for crown, debris pile lower down.

Debris pile, approximately 1-2 feet deep over a supportable crust