- Submitted by
- jessegouin
- Observations date
- Monday, February 20, 2023 at 04:00
- Location
- 54.503450° N 128.951730° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-128.95173,54.50345,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Shames backcountry")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 21:20
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2
- Slab width
- 65m
- Run length
- 200m
- Avalanche Character
- Loose dry
- Storm slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- N
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 1,250m
- Runout zone elevation
- 1,050m
- Weak layer burial date
- Sunday, February 19, 2023
- Weak layer crystal type
- Storm snow
- Crust near weak layer
- No
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Snowboarder travelled out slow over a convex roll into 35 degree terrain and did a turn. As he did this the snow propagated 20 meters to his left and 40 meters to the right. It was fresh storm snow and loose and dry. The snowboarder was able to stay on top of the snow and dig his board into the snow to come to a stop. The avalanche carried over a bench and down another rock for another 150 meters. The snow underneath was still soft power snow from days prior.
