- Submitted by
- Russell Lybarger
- Observations date
- Monday, February 17, 2020 at 19:40
- Location
- 51.339827° N 117.463088° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Monday, February 17, 2020 at 12:40
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- From 12 to 24 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 2 to 5
- The size of avalanche
- 2
- Slab thickness
- 40cm
- Slab width
- 100m
- Run length
- 250m
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- E
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 1,950m
- Start zone incline
- 39°
- Wind exposure
- Down flow
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Our group Witnessed from safe spot below. Group of 6 skied convex roll over unsupported slopes in the main Connaught Path. Two slides - a sz 1.5 and a 2. No involvement, skied away to safety. Close call. Moderate gusty winds for about an hour just prior to this incident contributed to the soft slab development in this run. Downflow and cross loading.
40 centimetres recent HST ran on smooth bed surface of the big slides from February 1st cycle.