- Submitted by
- john.everts
- Observations date
- Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at 22:30
- Location
- 51.196940° N 117.782680° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-117.78268,51.19694,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Corbins Pass")
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at 14:30
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- Less than 12 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1.5
- Slab thickness
- 60cm
- Slab width
- 10m
- Run length
- 30m
- Avalanche Character
- Storm slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Remote trigger distance
- 20m
- Start zone aspect
- S
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 2,000m
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Wind exposure
- Windward slope
- Vegetation cover
- Sparse trees or gladed slope
Comments
Skiing down our up track we noticed that a slab had pulled out from the top of the Pass where we had taken a break. We must have remote triggered it from the ridge top. Came close to our up track
