- Submitted by
- cunningham.dylan
- Observations date
- Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at 00:15
- Location
- 51.401880° N 116.226340° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at 18:15
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2.5
- Slab thickness
- 10cm
- Avalanche Character
- Persistent slab
- Trigger type
- Natural
- Start zone aspect
- NW
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
Comments
Natural avalanche came of Fairview and hit Lake Louise. Likely triggered by solar heating as the late day sun got into the sides of the broad gullies that face more WNW.