- Submitted by
- SkiingGolden
- Observations date
- Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at 21:00
- Location
- 51.296667° N 117.067939° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-117.06793912911725,51.296667241915884,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Pete's Slabs")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at 14:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- Less than 12 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2.5
- Slab thickness
- 60cm
- Slab width
- 60m
- Run length
- 70m
- Avalanche Character
- Deep persistent slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- E
- Start zone elevation band
- Below treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 1,400m
- Start zone incline
- 45°
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Witnessed some pack-less, clueless resort boundary duckers accidently release this monster that pulled the entire snowpack to rockslab and ran into the terrain trap forest below. Closer to a sz 2 than 3, but the terrain trap was nasty. Lucky to be alive.
