- Submitted by
- jordan_duncan9
- Observations date
- Friday, February 7, 2020 at 18:50
- Location
- 51.339039° N 117.192951° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Friday, February 7, 2020 at 11:50
- 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
- 35cm
- Slab width
- 60m
- Run length
- 200m
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Snowmobile
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- S
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 2,500m
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Wind exposure
- Cross-loaded slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Cross loaded slope on sunny south aspect just before noon. Around 10 snowmobile tracks on slope before it let go. Rider that set it off was able to ride out on top right. No other riders were affected.
