- Submitted by
- Wesley Gregg
- Observations date
- Saturday, December 28, 2019 at 16:55
- Location
- 53.069871° N 121.510428° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-121.51042762974299,53.069871247257794,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Swift river rd. area")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Friday, December 27, 2019 at 18:10
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2
- Slab thickness
- 20cm
- Slab width
- 1m
- Run length
- 150m
- Avalanche Character
- Storm slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Intentional
- Start zone aspect
- SW
- Start zone elevation band
- Below treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 1,550m
- Start zone incline
- 32°
- Weak layer crystal type
- Surface hoar
- Crust near weak layer
- No
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Observed shooting cracks and whumphing during the climb. Intentionally ski cut a convexity to initiate a reaction.
