- Submitted by
- Summit Mountain Guides
- Observations date
- Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at 07:39
- Location
- 50.304000° N 116.670000° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 13:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- From 12 to 24 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2
- Slab width
- 100m
- Run length
- 150m
- Avalanche Character
- Storm slab
- Trigger type
- Natural
- Start zone aspect
- E
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Weak layer burial date
- Sunday, November 13, 2016
- Weak layer crystal type
- Surface hoar and facets
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Wind exposure
- Cross-loaded slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Very steep fan below a large alpine mixed face, probably triggered by slough from above.
