- Submitted by
- southrockies
- Observations date
- Saturday, March 25, 2023 at 21:53
- Location
- 49.559666° N 114.544243° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-114.54424344112562,49.55966585616227,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "York Creek Avalanche")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Friday, March 24, 2023 at 06:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- From 12 to 24 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1.5
- Slab thickness
- 70cm
- Slab width
- 30m
- Run length
- 40m
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Snowmobile
- Start zone aspect
- N
- Start zone elevation band
- Below treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 1,800m
- Start zone incline
- 37°
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
This avalanche was reported to us on Saturday afternoon and likely occurred sometime on Friday.
This is likely a wind slab that has lingered a little longer on a north facing slope but could also be from a crust that formed in mid-January and had faceted crystals form above it.
