- Submitted by
- aaronskienns
- Observations date
- Saturday, December 23, 2017 at 23:40
- Location
- 51.190260° N 117.012180° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Saturday, December 23, 2017 at 14:43
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 2 to 5
- The size of avalanche
- 2
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Intentional
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
Comments
We had settlements and remote triggered sz 1 avalanches below treeline in sheltered areas. At tree line several skier controlled sz1.5 avalanches in lee features and convexities on surface hoar and facets. In the alpine 1 Natural wind slab sz 1 E asp, also a few skier controled windslabs on S-E aspects the largest sz 2, failing on suncust and/or facets.