- Submitted by
- nick.baggaley
- Observations date
- Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at 16:10
- Location
- 51.114918° N 115.135745° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at 09:10
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- From 12 to 24 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2
- Avalanche Character
- Loose dry
- Storm slab
- Trigger type
- Natural
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- E
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 2,300m
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Observed recent debris from the highway of a size 1.5-2 slide out of steep terrain on the north end of the main east face of Goat Mountain on the front range. Likely loose dry or storm slab from the recent event. Some other evidence of debris in nearby gullies.
