- Submitted by
- billyneilson
- Observations date
- Monday, January 22, 2018 at 19:52
- Location
- 51.368650° N 117.356640° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Monday, January 22, 2018 at 12:53
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- Less than 12 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 3
- Slab thickness
- 100cm
- Slab width
- 200m
- Run length
- 100m
- Trigger type
- Snowmobile
- Trigger subtype
- Remote
- Start zone elevation
- 2,400m
- Crust near weak layer
- No
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Remote trigger size 3 slab releasing on the Dec 15th layer. Traversing ridge on snowmobile remote trigger from 5m from crown. We were not intending to ride this slope, although the rest of the riding area was hammered which may entice someone to ride this slope in the future.
