- Submitted by
- maddiluntley
- Observations date
- Tuesday, January 13, 2026 at 19:00
- Location
- 51.182067° N 115.660431° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- Less than 12 hours ago
- The size of avalanche
- 1.5
- Slab thickness
- 30cm
- Slab width
- 10m
- Run length
- 50m
- Avalanche Character
- Wet slab
- Trigger type
- Natural
- Start zone aspect
- E
- Start zone elevation band
- Below treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 1,650m
- Runout zone elevation
- 1,606m
- Crust near weak layer
- No
- Wind exposure
- No wind exposure
- Vegetation cover
- Sparse trees or gladed slope
Comments
Encountered size 1.5 on Bear Spirit trail at approx. 15:30PM. Had heard avalanches from 13:00-15:00 while climbing at the Bear Spirit falls. Released at ground, ran a roughly 50m path, arresting at the creek bed. Debris field was about 10m across. Small trees visible in the debris.
