Quick report
- Collapsing
- isolated
We visited the site of a remotely triggered avalanche that occurred on 2/13/25. The reporting party submitted an excellent observation with great images. Please take a look at that for more information.
- The slide was triggered while the party traversed a 30-degree slope. A collapse occurred, which initiated an avalanche above the party on a 40-degree slope.
- The failure layer was a 6 cm thick layer of weak facets.
- The avalanche slid on a strong (1F), slick crust. The debris did not appear to step down below the crust.
- Only a tiny portion of the steep face slid, and there was potential for a much larger slide.
- The Canyon Creek sidecountry was full of recreationists taking advantage of lift-served backcountry and snowmobile-assisted laps.
Weather
- Air Temp
- 15
- Cloud Cover
- overcast
- Wind Loading
- moderate
- Rain Elevation
- 0
- Recent Snowfall
- 15
- Snow Avail For Transport
- large amounts
Morning weather: Light snowfall tapered by noon with light winds and no blowing snow. Afternoon weather: Snowfall and wind increased with sections of the skin track along the ridge blown in by 2:00 p.m.
Snowpack
Crown profile of 2/13/25 remotely triggered slide on an east aspect at 6600 feet.
- HS=135 cm. This slope slid earlier this year
- 15 cm recent 5% density new snow resting on a 35 cm 1F hard wind-stiffened slab. Beneath was a 6 cm layer of weak facets resting on a 2 cm melt-freeze crust (1F).
- ECTP6 x 2