- Submitted by
- ngottlieb
- Observations date
- Monday, February 18, 2019 at 01:55
- Location
- 50.350854° N 122.494828° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
%2F-122.49482849342598%2C50.35085391565457%2C8%2C0%2C0%2F1026x200%3Faccess_token%3Dpk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g&w=1200&q=75 "Skier triggered wind slab in heart strings runout")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Sunday, February 17, 2019 at 10:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- Less than 12 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1
- Slab thickness
- 25cm
- Slab width
- 100m
- Run length
- 100m
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- N
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
Comments
Stumbled across a surprising size 1-1.5 in the Heart Strings runout. Not sure exactly when it happened but it looked like it was probably earlier today (Sunday). Variable depth, 25cm at deepest point. Tracks indicated skier triggered (maybe even by two people) but all he tracks that went in came out from the end of the debris pile.
Bed surface was a very firm crust.
