- Submitted by
- snow
- Observations date
- Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at 19:00
- Location
- 51.293770° N 117.092650° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 12:00
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2
- Slab thickness
- 60cm
- Slab width
- 3m
- Run length
- 300m
- Avalanche Character
- Deep persistent slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- N
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 2,330m
- Start zone incline
- 40°
- Runout zone elevation
- 2,100m
- Weak layer burial date
- Thursday, November 5, 2020
- Weak layer crystal type
- Facets
- Crust near weak layer
- No
Comments
Dropped cornice on and ski cut north facing chute just west of prayer flags with no result. Made one turn and snowpack failed on facets near the ground 60cm deep, 3m wide, 5m long, and ran 300m. No crust on bed surface. Skier dug in as slab moved past and was not taken for a ride, boot packed back out.