On what was estimated to be their seventh lap, they dropped in under some rocks on a northwest facing slope when a facet layer failed beneath a hard wind slab causing an avalanche. The avalanche crown ...

the avalanche was reported as a “small, thin wind slab.” A wind slab avalanche is the “release of a cohesive layer of snow (a slab) formed by the wind-drifted snow,” according to avalanche ...

The riders, "knowingly ducked a rope closure line" and triggered a D2 wind slab avalanche that caught three of the four riders in the group. The observation does not include a photo of the avalanche ...

"Even just the new snow itself can form what we call a storm slab problem or a wind slab problem." As of Tuesday afternoon, Avalanche Canada had a "considerable hazard" warning covering Vancouver ...

The riders, "knowingly ducked a rope closure line" and triggered a D2 wind slab avalanche that caught three of the four riders in the group. The observation does not include a photo of the ...