- Submitted by
- shaneoneill80
- Observations date
- Thursday, March 14, 2024 at 01:00
- Location
- 49.529010° N 114.967090° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-114.96709,49.52901,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Fernie/Martin ridge")
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at 22:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- More than 48 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2.5
- Avalanche Character
- Deep persistent slab
- Trigger type
- Snowmobile
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- E
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 2,150m
- Weak layer burial date
- Saturday, February 3, 2024
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
Comments
It's out there!
Don't know how old this one is. Couldn't be sure if it was remote triggered or direct by snowmobile. Definitely would have been a pant shitter. Some small trees were evident in the debris and the deposit overran sled tracks at the toe.