- Submitted by
- Cameron Bellerby
- Observations date
- Sunday, December 29, 2019 at 22:00
- Location
- 55.361402° N 122.646800° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-122.64680006295251,55.36140188053355,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Human triggered Avalanche")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Sunday, December 29, 2019 at 14:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- Less than 12 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1.5
- Slab thickness
- 50cm
- Slab width
- 60m
- Run length
- 40m
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- NE
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 1,550m
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Vegetation cover
- Sparse trees or gladed slope
Comments
Saw two people trigger this avalanche from below as they made their way up. They were right on the edge of the trees and triggered all the way up the small basin. They are shaken but unhurt which was fortunate, as they had no gear or knowledge. Didn't go up to investigate as likely hood of a hang fire appeared high. From a distance you could see two layers in the slab, of around even thickness.
