- Submitted by
- bennett.jeremy.n
- Observations date
- Monday, April 1, 2019 at 19:00
- Location
- 51.615366° N 116.287668° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Monday, April 1, 2019 at 13:00
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1.5
- Slab thickness
- 40cm
- Slab width
- 5m
- Run length
- 100m
- Avalanche Character
- Storm slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- NE
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 2,850m
- Weak layer crystal type
- Storm snow
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Dry slab avalanche triggered while traversing above steep convexity on Molar Glacier. As the slab travelled down hill it went down to glacial ice.