| Trigger | Snowboarder | Avalanche Type | Soft Slab |
| Aspect | West Northwest | Elevation | unknown |
| Slope Angle | 37deg | Crown Depth | 21in |
| Width | 125ft | Vertical Run | 50ft |
Avalanche: Douglas Island
Location: EASY BOWL center of Drifter
locals uptrack, Eaglecrest cat track to top of east chutes
Near Miss / Accident Details
| Number Caught/Carried? | 1 | Number Partially Buried? | 1 |
| Number Fully Buried? | 0 | Number Injured? | 0 |
| Number Fatalities? | 0 |
Avalanche Details
After several short n sweet rippers down ridgelets along drifter and marmot ,carved out and into two of the larger "drifters" set off the whole slab along second one. rode slab , swam in slab, got flipped forward, reached out onto surface with one arm vociferously as debris slowed . Partial Burial. Quite consolidated blocky . Did not run down to terrain trap along lift line. Fought hard to come out on top.
Events of the day
Rapid intensification of wind loading 12:00- 2:30 pm @ time of event. Enticing "little" features on steeper aspects that can be deceptively big and tappered out belying volume of snow that has wind deposited onto already wind abraded surfaces. poor bond .In storm poor descision to ride steeper, larger wind loaded features.
Rescue events
self extrication. Witnesses check-in, hand signals.
Observer Comments
Intensification of wind loading over preceding 2-3 hours, sustained uphill surface winds in bowls, ridgetop wind entrainment of signifigent new snow.
Weather
windy, gusty, 28-30 degrees. high wind warning for mainland. outflowing continental
Snow surface
wind affected new snow