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First Choice/ West Ymir

Published
Apr 6th, 2018 11:30 AM
jackmanedgar
North Rockies
Details

Type

incident

Coordinates

49.433790, -117.125570

Quick Observation

VERY reactive windslab which formed last night. We noticed shooting cracks while skinning up and were aware of the storm slab. Several 1-1.5 slides were trigged with ski cuts/ checks. Windslab depth averaged ~10cm, but propagated well. With more snow on the way, I would give the snowpack some healthy time to stabilizing before stepping into anything

Avalanche Information

A ski check at the top of first choice produced a size 1.5-2 across the chute running down to the the first bench. A couple smaller slabs also released in trees of west Ymir. Very touchy and reactive