- Submitted by
- LSMH
- Observations date
- Friday, December 11, 2020 at 19:00
- Location
- 51.339153° N 117.517894° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-117.51789436349176,51.339153384539486,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Upper Hermit path/Tupper Glacier")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Friday, December 11, 2020 at 11:30
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1
- Slab thickness
- 30cm
- Slab width
- 70m
- Run length
- 10m
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- SW
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 2,400m
- Start zone incline
- 35°
- Runout zone elevation
- 2,400m
- Weak layer burial date
- Wednesday, December 9, 2020
- Weak layer crystal type
- Storm snow
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Wind exposure
- Windward slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Triggered on small, steep, convex feature. Impressive propagation. Ran until stopped by flat bench 10m below. Crown ranged from 5cm to 30cm.
1F WSL on ZR CR
