- Submitted by
- Bryden Noseworthy
- Observations date
- Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 14:03
- Location
- 51.875540° N 119.221950° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-119.22195,51.87554,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Blue river GroundHog West Avy")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 01:00
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 2 to 5
- The size of avalanche
- 1
- Slab thickness
- 30cm
- Slab width
- 25m
- Run length
- 30m
- Avalanche Character
- Persistent slab
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Snowmobile
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Remote trigger distance
- 6m
- Start zone aspect
- SW
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 2,000m
- Weak layer burial date
- Friday, December 16, 2016
- Weak layer crystal type
- Facets
- Surface hoar and facets
- Wind exposure
- Cross-loaded slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
observed a second size 1 avy shortly after in the same area. also snowmobile triggered. both cases no one was injured. moved into lower angeled tree riding after this incident.
