- Submitted by
- lisa.paulson
- Observations date
- Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at 16:00
- Location
- 51.707710° N 116.502860° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at 12:00
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 2 to 5
- The size of avalanche
- 1
- Slab thickness
- 50cm
- Slab width
- 30m
- Run length
- 10m
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- NE
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 2,300m
- Start zone incline
- 30°
- Weak layer crystal type
- Facets
- Crust near weak layer
- No
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Stubborn hard windslabs. 2 skier accidental size 1 in Bow Summit region involving the windslab in the alpine and one whumph and slab propagation with 2 cm movement at treeline. Would not trust any open slope at treeline or alpine for now.
