- Submitted by
- Alex Wright
- Observations date
- Saturday, December 24, 2016 at 00:57
- Location
- 51.677230° N 116.413890° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Friday, December 23, 2016 at 14:00
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1
- Slab thickness
- 50cm
- Slab width
- 50m
- Run length
- 30m
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- E
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 2,340m
- Start zone incline
- 25°
- Runout zone elevation
- 2,370m
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Wind exposure
- Cross-loaded slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Whiteout conditions obscured the slope steepness. The intent was to stick to <20 degree slopes.