Glide avalanche - Coquihalla - N ridge of Markhor

Carte pour le rapport du Réseau d'information en montagne: Glide avalanche - Coquihalla - N ridge of Markhor

Information

Date/heure de l'avalanche
lundi 11 mars 2019 à 14 h 00
Estimation de l'heure d’occurrence de l’avalanche
> 48 heures
Nombre d'avalanches dans ce rapport
1
Taille de l’avalanche
2
Type d'élément déclencheur
Naturel
Versant de la zone de départ
  • N
Bande d'altitude de la zone de départ
  • Sous la limite forestière
Altitude de la zone de départ
1 430m

Commentaires

Glide avalanche - regular performer due to the ground surface being smooth granite slabs. Nasty runout into big trees.

It's a good idea to avoid the rock slabs when riding in the Coquihalla zone, especially during rapid warming or cooling.

First picture was taken March 9th at 10am, glide crack starting to open up.

The glide avalanche likely happened on March 11th in the early afternoon when the temperature at the weather station across the road rose to +2.8 C.