- Submitted by
- Jamie Greenfield
- Observations date
- Sunday, February 16, 2020 at 23:30
- Location
- 49.045550° N 117.052930° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Sunday, February 16, 2020 at 16:30
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 2 to 5
- The size of avalanche
- 1
- Slab thickness
- 40cm
- Slab width
- 5m
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- NE
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 2,060m
- Start zone incline
- 27°
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Vegetation cover
- Sparse trees or gladed slope
Comments
Triggered 2 size ~0.5 wind slabs on NE aspect of Lightening Strike Ridge. Triggered on steep convex role. Crown ~40 cm deep and ~5-10 m wide. Length of the slide not ascertained. At parking lot another group noted that they triggered wind slabs near ridge top of Baldy Rockers.