- Submitted by
- reid
- Observations date
- Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 04:07
- Location
- 50.147313° N 123.068643° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-123.06864268533354,50.1473127243265,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Gin Peak")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 12:00
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 2 to 5
- The size of avalanche
- 1.5
- Slab thickness
- 50cm
- Slab width
- 50m
- Run length
- 500m
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Intentional
- Start zone aspect
- W
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 1,900m
- Start zone incline
- 30°
- Runout zone elevation
- 1,600m
- Weak layer burial date
- Saturday, February 23, 2019
- Weak layer crystal type
- Facets
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Wind exposure
- Reverse-loaded slope
- Vegetation cover
- Sparse trees or gladed slope
Comments
1900m elevation start zone WNW aspect. Sc at ridge crest. Very large crown at immediate Lee of ridge. Sudden collapse character. Propagation was fast. Small terrain feature limited the size of propagation. Suspect A larger open face would propagate quick and big. WS was stiff and thick. Ran long to gulley drainage. Ski cut numerous WS on south through west facing terrain. Best skiing was under 1800m in south facing trees.
