- Submitted by
- GFerguson
- Observations date
- Sunday, November 29, 2020 at 18:00
- Location
- 51.672133° N 116.434472° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Sunday, November 29, 2020 at 11:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- Less than 12 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1.5
- Slab thickness
- 25cm
- Slab width
- 25m
- Run length
- 100m
- Avalanche Character
- Deep persistent slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- SW
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 2,150m
- Start zone incline
- 35°
- Vegetation cover
- Sparse trees or gladed slope
Comments
Triggered a sz 1 to 1.5 avalanche in the Crystal Ridge area. The weak layer let go under/in front of first member of group on a sparsely treed slope while on the uptrack just after emerging from a small grouping of trees. No one was caught in the avalanche.
