- Submitted by
- James MF Richards
- Observations date
- Monday, December 27, 2021 at 20:30
- Location
- 49.050310° N 117.032530° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Monday, December 27, 2021 at 20:30
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1
- Slab thickness
- 20cm
- Slab width
- 10m
- Run length
- 70m
- Avalanche Character
- Storm slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Remote
- Remote trigger distance
- 3m
- Start zone aspect
- S
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 2,090m
- Start zone incline
- 32°
- Runout zone elevation
- 2,040m
- Weak layer crystal type
- Storm snow
- Crust near weak layer
- No
- Wind exposure
- No wind exposure
- Vegetation cover
- Sparse trees or gladed slope
Comments
Dropping into chute, put in a ski cut with no results. Remote triggered a slab about 5 metres into the slope and was able to ski out to a high point
