- Submitted by
- Simon Thomson
- Observations date
- Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 18:14
- Location
- 50.088591° N 123.185150° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-123.18515042369208,50.088590622647104,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Reactive in Brandywine")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 10:01
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 2 to 5
- The size of avalanche
- 2
- Slab thickness
- 50cm
- Avalanche Character
- Storm slab
- Trigger type
- Snowmobile
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- E
- N
- NE
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Treeline
- Weak layer crystal type
- Facets
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
Comments
Witnessed several Ma / Sa and Na up to size 2 throughout the day at all elevations above tree line, more prominent where storm slab was overlying crust but a few on truenorth aspects in the Alpine. Some avalanches occurred on quite low angled slopes and had long run outs.
