Crater Lake

Published

Feb 13th, 2021 4:30 PM

conrad.thiessen

Purcells

Details

Type

weather

Coordinates

54.790294, -127.307904

Avalanche Information

Reverse wind loaded slope. 20-50 cm crown. Propagated 80 m across slope. Debris chunks up to 75 cm across. First photo 2 other slides in Crater Lake bowl within 15 minutes. 1 skier triggered below avalanche described here. Second remote triggered by hiking trail down to lake (some debris blocks >1x1 m; second photo).

Incident

1st skier skied slope. Second skier triggered avalanche on second turn near bottom of slope.