- Submitted by
- esker
- Observations date
- Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 16:13
- Location
- 64.387980° N 128.693540° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 16:13
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- From 12 to 24 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2.5
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Natural
- Start zone aspect
- NE
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Avalanche only observed during fly over enroute to Ten Stone Mountain Lodge, so size estimates are based on the largest trees in that elevation band and region being about 30-40ft tall. As you can see in the photo, the slab pulled right to ground layer (though this is a very shallow snow pack), and ran into the terrain trap below.
