- Submitted by
- Travis Carter
- Observations date
- Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 17:35
- Location
- 54.509640° N 128.948910° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-128.94891,54.50964,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Shames BC today April 4th")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 12:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- Less than 12 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1.5
- Avalanche Character
- Cornice with slab
- Trigger type
- Natural
- Start zone aspect
- E
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Weak layer burial date
- Tuesday, April 3, 2018
- Wind exposure
- Windward slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Natural cornice drop caused shallow slab avalanche that ran far to bottom of slope approx. 225 M's below on Zimbuck II. Several small .5's to 1's rider triggered as well today on convexities on NE and E aspects above treelike that sloughed along as well.