- Submitted by
- Gab Alary
- Observations date
- Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 17:30
- Location
- 50.076712° N 123.238301° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 19:53
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- From 12 to 24 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 3.5
- Slab thickness
- 300cm
- Slab width
- 150m
- Avalanche Character
- Cornice only
- Cornice with slab
- Deep persistent slab
- Trigger type
- Natural
- Start zone aspect
- N
- NE
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 1,950m
- Runout zone elevation
- 1,300m
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Observed a very large avalanche (1 day old) with impressive run out.
Cornice drop(still a big piece of cornice hanging)
and triggered the avalanche down to rock bed and ice surface.