- Submitted by
- Becca Newton
- Observations date
- Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 07:30
- Location
- 51.283609° N 117.552017° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 19:30
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- Less than 12 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2
- Avalanche Character
- Loose dry
- Trigger type
- Natural
- Start zone aspect
- N
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
Comments
Heard a loud bang and saw what looked to be a size 2 run down ‘The Shelf’ on Cheops as we were skiing down Connaught creek . Trigger unknown but sounded like maybe a cornice ? Large powder cloud followed.