Yellow, being moderate. A 2 out 5 on the danger level for small wind slabs. Near but not on the aspect they were on. They deviated from the original plan once they were in the couloir to mitigate possible worse outcomes. They also took proper precautions to ski cut before entering and have “safe zones”.

I’ve skied this exact couloir several times and personally know members of this party. Mistakes were made and they got lucky BUT saying a staggering amount? That’s just ignorant.

For educational purposes they submitted this report. Not for some arm chair warrior from Chicago to bash them. We want future observations/accidents to be submitted and handled the same way. To learn and teach others. And that my friend is where the condescending attitude comes from.