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Meachen south

Published
Feb 28th, 2023 9:00 AM
JonBeaupre
Coquihalla
Details

Type

quick

Coordinates

49.572220, -116.348030

Avalanche Information

Proud area to wind that's been affected from every direction.

Weather

AM: broken coulds - No snow PM: Overcast - S-1 cm/hr Calm to light wind

Snowpack

CTM13 down 40 RP CTH28 down 60 RP At 2200m, 40cm of Fist sitting on 120cm of 1F- to 1F+. 4F at 160cm. Depth of snow profile: 165 cm

Incident

Both of us skinning up on a shoulder to access sparse tree run at 2250m. Walked from a SW aspect to a NE aspect, with burned trees. Heard a humongous whumph. First climber triggered a slab avalanche. Both got caught and went for a ride between 50 and 100 m through sparse trees. 1 skier got buried to waist. Other skier got buried to shoulder against a tree. Both dug themselves out and skied out, no major injuries, only a few bruises. Depth of crown: 30 cm to 100 cm Width: 100 m Lenght: 350 m Size: 2,5 Dug a profile during the day and got confident since it was our 2nd run. No signs of instability before that event. Play safe out there, tricky conditions.