- Submitted by
- Filip Starcevic
- Observations date
- Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at 18:33
- Location
- 49.409974° N 123.197984° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-123.19798411417787,49.4099744717106,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Strachan trees")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at 10:38
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 2 to 5
- The size of avalanche
- 1.5
- Avalanche Character
- Storm slab
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Intentional
- Start zone aspect
- SW
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 1,350m
- Weak layer crystal type
- Storm snow
- Wind exposure
- Cross-loaded slope
- Vegetation cover
- Dense trees
Comments
Extremely reactive and touchy storm slabs right now. Set off 4 separate avalanches, 3 being scary enough (I’m assuming 1.5’s) to make me wander back to Top Gun. Would not recommend anyone travelling right now.
