- Submitted by
- bvski
- Observations date
- Monday, February 1, 2021
- Location
- 54.790358° N 127.307918° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Sunday, January 31, 2021 at 16:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- Less than 12 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1.5
- Slab thickness
- 20cm
- Slab width
- 15m
- Avalanche Character
- Persistent slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- SE
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 1,800m
- Wind exposure
- Windward slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
A good reminder to watch for shallow triggers. I was not there, just contacted by a friend after triggering. Looked like the classic wind affected, shallow crater lake snowpack triggered on a shallow group of rocks. Likely windslab, or perhaps a persistent layer. Stay sharp. Having trouble with photo upload.