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Heavy load triggered wind slab

Published
Feb 18th, 2026 10:00 AM
keith
Valhalla
Details

Type

quick

Coordinates

49.812040, -117.946700

Quick Observation
Skier hucked off cross-loaded wind lip/cornice triggering a size 1.5 wind slab (20-35cm deep), 50m wide, that ran 200 meters. Skier pulled airbag and stayed on surface. No injuries. No lost gear. Lessons learned described in this State of the Snowpack Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G69ndo3_vrE
Avalanche Information
Skier hucked off cross-loaded wind lip/cornice triggering a size 1.5 wind slab (20-35cm deep), 50m wide, that ran 200 meters. Skier pulled airbag and stayed on surface. No injuries. No lost gear. Lessons learned described in this State of the Snowpack Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G69ndo3_vrE
Incident
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