- Submitted by
- mckeenjs
- Observations date
- Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 20:00
- Location
- 49.320886° N 121.235586° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-121.23558602554381,49.320886409534694,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Hope Area reactivity")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 21:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- Less than 12 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 2 to 5
- The size of avalanche
- 1
- Slab thickness
- 85cm
- Run length
- 1m
- Avalanche Character
- Deep persistent slab
- Storm slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Remote
- Remote trigger distance
- 200m
- Start zone aspect
- N
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 1,600m
- Start zone incline
- 27°
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Vegetation cover
- Sparse trees or gladed slope
Comments
Significant, and alarming shooting crack stepped down 85cms to late December melt freeze crust. The crack caused a sympathetic release that remote triggered nearly 200m away on steeper less supported terrain. Remotely triggered event did not step down, and was the +/- 50cms of storm snow running on the most recently buried interface.
