- Submitted by
- snow.safety
- Observations date
- Sunday, March 18, 2018 at 23:00
- Location
- 51.723850° N 116.456800° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Sunday, March 18, 2018 at 17:00
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2.5
- Slab thickness
- 55cm
- Slab width
- 100m
- Run length
- 700m
- Avalanche Character
- Storm slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- SW
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 2,600m
Comments
Report from public who triggered avalanche. 1 skiier went for a 200m ride and lost gear but ended up on surface and was uninjured. The party was able to self evacuate. The bed surface was likely a suncrust.