- Submitted by
- Eddy Van Der Kloot
- Observations date
- Friday, March 6, 2020 at 20:00
- Location
- 50.148076° N 123.076741° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-123.07674106662856,50.1480758698458,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Gin Peak")
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Friday, March 6, 2020 at 12:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- Less than 12 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 2 to 5
- The size of avalanche
- 1
- Slab thickness
- 50cm
- Slab width
- 20m
- Avalanche Character
- Storm slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- NW
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Start zone incline
- 32°
- Vegetation cover
- Sparse trees or gladed slope
Comments
It was touchy out there today, with far more snow in the Callaghan than reported at Whistler. Witnessed 2 skier accidental and one snowmobile accidental on Gin Peak above hanging lake. Skier triggered slides were size 1, snowmobile was size 1.5. Triggered an additional size 1 (50cm crown, 20m propagation) myself on a slope just slightly over 30 degrees. The avalanche appeared to run within the storm snow, though we did not have a chance to investigate. Was able to ski out with no incident due to the small size of the slope and the fact that the avalanche broke at my feet.