- Submitted by
- gourlayk
- Observations date
- Saturday, February 26, 2022 at 16:00
- Location
- 49.385970° N 117.101010° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Saturday, February 26, 2022 at 16:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- More than 48 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2
- Slab thickness
- 150cm
- Slab width
- 20m
- Run length
- 150m
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Natural
- Start zone aspect
- NE
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 2,100m
- Start zone incline
- 50°
- Runout zone elevation
- 2,020m
- Wind exposure
- Windward slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Avalanche occurred between 4pm and 10am on the night of Feb 25th following 2 days of extreme north winds. Start zone was north facing directly below large cliff.
