- Submitted by
- sweetgrassp
- Observations date
- Friday, January 18, 2019 at 22:00
- Location
- 50.038390° N 122.880800° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Friday, January 18, 2019 at 14:00
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1.5
- Slab width
- 50m
- Run length
- 10m
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Intentional
- Start zone aspect
- NW
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 1,890m
- Start zone incline
- 40°
- Weak layer burial date
- Thursday, January 17, 2019
Comments
Ski cut in immediate lee produced a surprisingly wide propagation. The slab quickly gained momentum then arrested in the loose snow below.
