- Submitted by
- snow.safety
- Observations date
- Sunday, November 29, 2020 at 18:00
- Location
- 51.662690° N 116.363370° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-116.36337,51.66269,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Na size 2.5 avalanche, Dolomite Peak, Banff NP")
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Sunday, November 29, 2020 at 11:00
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2.5
- Slab width
- 70m
- Run length
- 700m
- Avalanche Character
- Deep persistent slab
- Trigger type
- Natural
- Start zone aspect
- SW
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 2,500m
- Runout zone elevation
- 2,000m
- Weak layer burial date
- Thursday, November 5, 2020
- Weak layer crystal type
- Facets
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Wind exposure
- Cross-loaded slope
Comments
A large natural avalanche was observed on Dolomite Peak around 1100 AM. It occurred in a SW facing cross loaded alpine gully at about 2500 m, and appears to have failed on the Nov 5 crust/facet combo. Parks Canada Visitor Safety
