- Submitted by
- yan.kaczynski
- Observations date
- Saturday, March 2, 2024 at 17:00
- Location
- 54.485295° N 128.825144° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Saturday, March 2, 2024 at 22:50
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- Less than 12 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2
- Avalanche Character
- Persistent slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Remote
- Start zone aspect
- E
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Weak layer crystal type
- Surface hoar and facets
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Wind exposure
- Windward slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Remote triggered while skinning a mellow and wide convexity in the ALP, the avalanche broke where the feature got steeper—about 80m from us—and faced E. Winds from the NE were strong. Snow was packed powder.
