Avalanche: Douglas Island

Location: Troy

Date:

March 28, 2023 8:50

Observer:

Brent Wittmer

Route & General Observations

A couple more skier triggered slabs and sluffs on Troy. triggered by another group/skier earlier in the day or previous day. Bigger slides appear to be soft wind slabs. Smaller one a sluff.

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Skier	Avalanche Type	Soft Slab
Aspect	Northwest	Elevation	2500ft
Slope Angle	unknown	Crown Depth	unknown
Width	unknown	Vertical Run	unknown

Near Miss / Accident Details

Avalanche Details

A couple new skier triggered slabs on Troy. I believe these were from the morning of 2/27.could be from previous day.

Looks like one smaller one adjacent to the bottom of y gully slid a skier a short distance.

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