Public Field Report

Observation Date:

December 26, 2020

Submitted:

December 26, 2020

Zone or Region:

Galena Summit and Eastern Mtns

Activity:

Skiing/Snowboarding

Location:

Titus Ridge

Did you trigger any avalanches?

Yes

Was it intentional?

Avalanche Type:

Soft Slab

Size:

Size 2: Could bury, injure, or kill a person

Elevation:

9400

Aspect:

Comments:

Forecaster Knob on Titus ridge. Line skied did not slide, but triggered a slab just to skiers right of me, it wrapped in to the line I was skiing and knocked me off my feet towards the bottom of the run. I was buried up to my waist. Size D1.5. The crown was about a foot thick and slid on facets below a melt freeze crust. Slide was 25-30 meters wide and the start zone was 35-40*.

Did you see shooting cracks?

Did you experience collapsing or whumpfing?

Yes, Isolated

Only obvious signs of instability we saw during the day were 2 isolated pockets of collapsing in wind effected terrain. Jumped around on a small roll of 35* on top of same slope as avalanche before I skied it with no results.