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Whistler Slackcountry (Blackcomb Glacier Area)

Published
Jan 7th, 2018 10:25 AM
tjmccoll
South Coast Inland
Details

Type

quick

Coordinates

50.083940, -122.865987

Quick Observation

We skied north/northwest aspects. During our skin up there were a few instances that the snow broke apart in slabs at switchbacks. On our second run we approached a convex roll, performed a slope-cut, and a slab avalanche was triggered (see image, avalanche occurred at circle). The slab avalanche fractured approximately 80 meters across and was size 1