- Submitted by
- Craig Hartmetz
- Observations date
- Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 19:45
- Location
- 53.029110° N 119.057420° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 12:45
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- From 24 to 48 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 2 to 5
- The size of avalanche
- 2
- Slab thickness
- 15cm
- Avalanche Character
- Persistent slab
- Trigger type
- Natural
- Start zone aspect
- SE
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 2,000m
- Start zone incline
- 40°
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Observed several avalanches originating out of SE terrain. One notable avalanche connected significant terrain, with a crown width of approximately 400 m (immediately west of observation point, across a small valley). The other observed avalanches were significantly smaller in size and did not run significant distances. All appeared to be failing on a melt-freeze crust.