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- Observations date
- Sunday, February 18, 2018 at 20:30
- Location
- 51.217370° N 117.487170° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-117.48717,51.21737,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Asulkan Glacier Avalanche")
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Sunday, February 18, 2018 at 10:31
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- Less than 12 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 2 to 5
- The size of avalanche
- 2
- Avalanche Character
- Cornice with slab
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Natural
- Start zone aspect
- E
- NE
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Significant windslab development over pas 24 hours. Size 2.0 on NE aspect of Asulkan glacier at approximately 1000h likely from wind loading. Slab development accross NW to SE aspects. Other slabs found broken up on easterly aspects.
