The debris of an avalanche that was triggered by skiers that was triggered 400 feet above them. The skiers were not on the path of the avalanche. Photo: T. Hoefler
Photo: T. Hoefler
Skiers triggered an avalanche on an east-facing slope at 9350ft.
From obs: "The crown was just over 2ft deep at its max and 150ft+ wide. The were signs of recent wind loading as we approached the bowl prior to the slide. We did not observe any other avalanches while we were out." Photo: T. Hoefler
Skiers in the SE bowl of Flanders triggered an avalanche from the bottom of the slope.
From Obs: "as he turned into the bowl, a remote triggered avalanche ripped out above him. He was fast to reach a safe position in the trees by the time the avalanche finished its ride. The photo shows the 3 ski tracks, and the most left one is what remote triggered above."
Skiers in the SE bowl of Flanders triggered an avalanche from the bottom of the slope. This happened on 01/20.
From Obs: "as he turned into the bowl, a remote triggered avalanche ripped out above him. He was fast to reach a safe position in the trees by the time the avalanche finished its ride. The photo shows the 3 ski tracks, and the most left one is what remote triggered above." Photo: Anonymous
My partner and I remotely triggered a persistent slide on an East facing slope at 9350ft. The slide ran off the Evil Twin ridge, just below the large main summer trail bowl of Hyalite Peak. My partner and I were spaced out ~50ft when we both felt and heard a large whumpf. We looked up and saw the avalanche slide, but were both out of harms way from the path. The starting zone was ~400ft above us and the slide ran ~500ft in total length. The crown was just over 2ft deep at its max and 150ft+ wide. The were signs of recent wind loading as we approached the bowl prior to the slide. We did not observe any other avalanches while we were out. Got a couple nice turns in the approach meadows on our way out.
Snow was heavy and glopping on our way up to the basin. Our plan remained the same all day - ski the skiers left trees of the SE bowl in Flanders. Once in the Alpine, lack of snow in the area led to slow, rock hitting skiing, one of our partners took a turn a bit more right of original ski line. I was waiting up higher in a safe position, and watched as he turned into the bowl, a remote triggered avalanche ripped out above him. He was fast to reach a safe position in the trees by the time the avalanche finished its ride. The photo shows the 3 ski tracks, and the most left one is what remote triggered above.
From obs: "We considered skiing east into middle just before the prayer flags, but when approaching the slope to dig a pit we got a significant collapse and decided to ski a more conservative pitch further north. When continuing north on the ridge we saw a recent cornice collapse which triggered an avalanche" This avalanche was triggered by skiers breaking cornices on 01/20. Photo: M. Zenker
From obs: "Continued up towards Hyalite. Consistent whumphing when breaking trail. Consistent beefy storm slab underneath 4-5” of fresh snow once out of the thick trees. Snow so unsupportive we couldn’t walk 15 feet to dig our pit. We also observed signs of recent natural avalanche activity in Divide Basin"
Skiers in Hyalite saw an avalanche near the top of Mt. Blackmore that likely happened early on 01/20 or late on 01/19. Additionally, they saw more recent natural activity on the west side of the mountain.
