- Submitted by
- kelly.h
- Observations date
- Sunday, February 16, 2025 at 20:01
- Location
- 49.650881° N 123.070737° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
%2F-123.07073687061666%2C49.650881179589476%2C8%2C0%2C0%2F1026x200%3Faccess_token%3Dpk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g&w=1200&q=75 "Suspected remote trigger - E aspect dropping into Cool Lars Couloir")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Sunday, February 16, 2025 at 20:30
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- Less than 12 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1
- Slab thickness
- 15cm
- Slab width
- 15m
- Run length
- 20m
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Remote
- Remote trigger distance
- 5m
- Start zone aspect
- E
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 1,450m
- Start zone incline
- 35°
- Runout zone elevation
- 1,430m
- Wind exposure
- Windward slope
- Vegetation cover
- Sparse trees or gladed slope
Comments
First party dropped into the cool lars couloir while we were transitioning. Ate lunch and had a small break during transitioning. There was probably 15 minutes between us from when we last saw them to us dropping in. No other party ahead of us heading toward the couloir. Upper tracks in photo (near crown) are theirs, ours were just below it. Suspected remote trigger as there are no tracks near or around it, save for the downslope tracks shown in photo. Slope was concave and a small feature. Did not investigate avalanche bed for type of WL underneath.
