2023-02-01 Sheenmai avalanche

Location Name: 

Sheenmai south bowl

Region: 

Gulmarg

Name: 

Brian Newman

Email Address: 

brian@gulmargac.in

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Observation made by: 

Forecaster

Observation Date and Time or Estimated Date and Time of Avalanche: 

Wednesday, 1 February, 2023 - 8:30pm

Is this an Avalanche Observation?: 

Yes

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Observation

Avalanche Details

Avalanche Type: 

Persistent Slab

Failure Plane/Weak Layer: 

Old Snow

Trigger

Trigger: 

Skier

Trigger Modifier: 

Accidentally Triggered

Terrain

Start Zone Slope Angle: 

38degrees

Aspect: 

North

Starting Elevation: 

3889m

Size

Destructive Size: 

D3 Could bury and destroy a car, damage a truck, destroy a

People Involved

Number of people caught: 

4

Number of partial burials: 

1

Number of full burials: 

2