- Submitted by
- cf.schlumpf
- Observations date
- Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 21:00
- Location
- 51.255620° N 117.430240° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-117.43024,51.25562,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Soft slab avalanche")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 21:00
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1.5
- Slab thickness
- 30cm
- Slab width
- 50m
- Run length
- 150m
- Avalanche Character
- Storm slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- S
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 2,800m
- Start zone incline
- 40°
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
No recent wind effect on this slope. Top 30cm was Fist hardness but gaining cohesion with sun exposure. Deep snowpack here (~300cm) with a couple thin sun crusts in upper snowpack. We had some minor cracking while uptracking.
On our way down with kicked off some sloughs that triggered this soft slab on the slope below, that we had intended to ski. Not entirely unexpected.
