- Submitted by
- timhaggarty
- Observations date
- Thursday, January 11, 2018 at 18:00
- Location
- 52.153350° N 117.107860° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Thursday, January 11, 2018 at 10:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- From 12 to 24 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2
- Slab thickness
- 60cm
- Slab width
- 50m
- Run length
- 500m
- Trigger type
- Natural
- Start zone elevation
- 2,400m
- Start zone incline
- 40°
- Weak layer burial date
- Monday, December 18, 2017
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
Comments
A thin, 20cm deep slab50 m wide may have been triggered by a sluff from steep terrain above and likely failed on the mid December drought layer. This slab stepped down another 40 or 50 cm likely failing on facets over the November 27 crust. This ran about 70 m over before falling over a cliff and triggering a small slab below. This is the first real avalanche seen for weeks in this region north of the Saskatchewan River Crossing.
