- Submitted by
- david.bryan
- Observations date
- Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 06:20
- Location
- 59.913130° N 136.773770° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Monday, January 2, 2017 at 12:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- From 12 to 24 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1.5
- Slab width
- 75m
- Run length
- 200m
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Snowmobile
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Remote trigger distance
- 50m
- Start zone aspect
- W
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Start zone incline
- 35°
- Wind exposure
- Cross-loaded slope
- Vegetation cover
- Sparse trees or gladed slope
Comments
Highway observation only. Recent sled tracks highmarking on a hill I have skied quite a bit in the past. Interesting to note that it seemingly remote triggered and ran out in a terrain trap which could have resulted in a very deep burial.
