Avalanche: Brighton Perimeter

Short but alarming catch-and-carry today by the lead skinner while trying to cross a steeper pitch. We realized we had taken a bad skinner, and while we had noted reactive slabs, we hadn’t had any collapsing or shooting cracks in this localized terrain. Good wake-up call to respect the mountains and snow// should have just skied down and started a better skinner through low angle terrain.

Rocks that uncover during these slides are a big concern, but there could be enough snow here in this wind-loaded zone to bury someone in bigger terrain.

We also saw a similar crown on the popular Sunset peak, down low.