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Skier trigger in Iago North Bowl

Published
Feb 19th, 2021 1:00 PM
Radish
Cariboos
Details

Type

quick

Coordinates

49.603360, -121.177620

Quick Observation

Shooting cracks noted on the skin up to Iago. The recent storm snow (top ~20cm of snowpack) does not appear to be bonding well in areas with a sun crust and/or wind effect. No whumpfing or drum-like sounds observed.

Incident

Skier triggered size 0.5 slab avalanche while skiing over a convex roll between two trees into Iago North Bowl. The slide propagated ~70m across the slope, the skier was able to ski out.