- Submitted by
- Tanner Ross
- Observations date
- Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 20:13
- Location
- 52.606486° N 119.190169° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-119.19016889906032,52.606486410050564,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Remote trigger and low visibility")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 12:49
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1
- Slab thickness
- 25cm
- Slab width
- 20m
- Run length
- 40m
- Avalanche Character
- Storm slab
- Trigger type
- Snowmobile
- Trigger subtype
- Remote
- Remote trigger distance
- 5m
- Start zone aspect
- NE
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 2,000m
- Weak layer crystal type
- Surface hoar
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Avalanche was triggered by snowmobile riding on the area above the avalanche slope. The recent storm slab slid on a surface hoar layer roughly 25 cm down
