- Submitted by
- steklja1
- Observations date
- Saturday, February 5, 2022 at 09:35
- Location
- 50.887948° N 118.222770° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-118.22277041986294,50.88794784295055,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Avalanche-begbie shoulder")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Saturday, February 5, 2022 at 13:39
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 3
- Slab thickness
- 50cm
- Slab width
- 25m
- Run length
- 500m
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Wind exposure
- Windward slope
- Vegetation cover
- Sparse trees or gladed slope
Comments
Skiers triggered avalanche at sled zone side of begbie shoulder. Strong winds at top. Wind loaded gully went down on crust 50cm down. Travelled for 500m with lot of force and speed.
