- Submitted by
- forecaster
- Observations date
- Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 22:00
- Location
- 49.577520° N 115.088660° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 14:00
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1.5
- Slab thickness
- 15cm
- Slab width
- 20m
- Run length
- 300m
- Avalanche Character
- Persistent slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- NW
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 2,300m
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
The avalanche ran on an icy crust close to the ground.