- Submitted by
- Charlie Bourque
- Observations date
- Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 18:00
- Location
- 54.515143° N 128.913487° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-128.91348704829187,54.51514302172458,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Old Faithfull")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 10:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- Less than 12 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1
- Slab thickness
- 30cm
- Slab width
- 30m
- Run length
- 10m
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Start zone aspect
- W
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 1,350m
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Skier triggered wind slab on a isolated slope on west aspect in old faithful area. The slab propagated across the entire feature and ran down to the next bench. The height of the crown varied across the slab from >50cm to 15cm. The triggered point was on a convex feature. Very large and hard slabs in the debris.
