- Submitted by
- Kate Snedeker
- Observations date
- Saturday, January 23, 2021 at 18:00
- Location
- 51.701333° N 116.404654° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Friday, January 22, 2021 at 10:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- From 24 to 48 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 3
- Avalanche Character
- Cornice only
- Trigger type
- Natural
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
Comments
Size 2.5 to 3 avalanche in the last 48hrs on the east (?) aspect of Cirque. Looked to be triggered by a cornice drop and carried down two cliff bands into lower angle terrain
