- Submitted by
- martindb
- Observations date
- Monday, February 18, 2019
- Location
- 50.361050° N 122.260600° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Sunday, February 17, 2019 at 15:00
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2
- Run length
- 500m
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- SW
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 2,300m
- Runout zone elevation
- 2,300m
- Wind exposure
- Reverse-loaded slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Southwest steep rocky slope. Skier triggered while boot packing down the slope to assess the terrain. Slab initiated 30m above him and carried them down slope about 300m vertical, sustaining rib and back injuries. Pemberon SAR response to SPOT SOS. Subject transported back to Pemberton for medical treatment.
