- Submitted by
- a_sherriff
- Observations date
- Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at 22:00
- Location
- 51.310590° N 117.106260° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-117.10626,51.31059,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Repeater Ridge natural avalanche")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at 21:30
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- Less than 12 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 2 to 5
- The size of avalanche
- 3
- Slab width
- 100m
- Run length
- 550m
- Avalanche Character
- Deep persistent slab
- Trigger type
- Natural
- Start zone aspect
- E
- Start zone elevation
- 2,350m
- Runout zone elevation
- 2,025m
- Weak layer burial date
- Monday, November 21, 2022
- Weak layer crystal type
- Facets
- Crust near weak layer
- No
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Large natural avalanche which looked to be initiated by wind loading. Avalanche sympathetically trigger the adjacent path both running to size 3.
