- Submitted by
- peteranowicki
- Observations date
- Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 22:30
- Location
- 50.147051° N 122.807136° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 14:30
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2
- Slab thickness
- 30cm
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Intentional
- Start zone aspect
- NW
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 2,500m
- Start zone incline
- 50°
- Runout zone elevation
- 30m
- Wind exposure
- Reverse-loaded slope
Comments
Triggered by a ski cut. Seemed like a North wind reverse loaded pocket sitting on the wind buff created by the southerly winds on Friday. The layer underneath the slab that slid seemed much more stable and bonded to the snowpack
