- Submitted by
- shaw.bryce
- Observations date
- Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at 16:03
- Location
- 51.239515° N 117.464938° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 12:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- From 12 to 24 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1.5
- Slab thickness
- 25cm
- Slab width
- 30m
- Run length
- 75m
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Remote trigger distance
- 25m
- Start zone aspect
- E
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Open planar slope remote triggered from a stand of trees.
On the east aspect off glacier crest from within sight of the summit.