- Submitted by
- russellfhenry
- Observations date
- Monday, January 10, 2022
- Location
- 50.450029° N 122.174262° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Sunday, January 9, 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
- 40cm
- Slab width
- 10m
- Run length
- 150m
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- W
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Wind exposure
- Cross-loaded slope
Comments
Second skier down triggered it. Fracture line appeared approximately 50 meters above the skier. Skier not buried but was carried another 50 meters approximately.
Slope was significantly cross loaded from recent high winds with variable snow down the entire pitch skied.
