- Submitted by
- Hyland Backcountry
- Observations date
- Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 20:00
- Location
- 54.716520° N 127.404040° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-127.40404,54.71652,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Pine Ck Trail Avalanche")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 09:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- From 24 to 48 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 3
- Slab thickness
- 150cm
- Slab width
- 350m
- Run length
- 600m
- Avalanche Character
- Deep persistent slab
- Trigger type
- Natural
- Start zone aspect
- N
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 1,675m
- Start zone incline
- 40°
- Runout zone elevation
- 1,375m
- Weak layer burial date
- Saturday, November 23, 2019
- Weak layer crystal type
- Facets
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Wind exposure
- Cross-loaded slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Observed during an AST 2 course with SAR, large, full path size 3 avalanche, broke trees, spilled into creek, took out the regular old pine ck sled access trail.
