- Submitted by
- matthew.line
- Observations date
- Sunday, January 17, 2021 at 16:00
- Location
- 49.543051° N 115.099616° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
%2F-115.09961629308194%2C49.54305083641685%2C8%2C0%2C0%2F1026x200%3Faccess_token%3Dpk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g&w=1200&q=75 "Drainage Slide")
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Saturday, January 16, 2021 at 17:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- From 24 to 48 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1.5
- Avalanche Character
- Loose wet
- Start zone aspect
- N
- NE
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Runout zone elevation
- 1,280m
Comments
Photos of older avalanche debris from the looker's right drainage going up the north side of Mt Fernie from Fairy Creek. Looks to me like it was a loose wet slide, but I don't have high confidence in that assessment. Unsure how long ago it went.
