- Submitted by
- Junior_outdoorsman
- Observations date
- Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 20:30
- Location
- 50.393540° N 119.053470° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 12:30
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- Less than 12 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 2 to 5
- The size of avalanche
- 1.5
- Slab thickness
- 40cm
- Slab width
- 15m
- Run length
- 30m
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- E
- Start zone elevation band
- Below treeline
- Treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 1,600m
- Runout zone elevation
- 1,500m
- Weak layer burial date
- Thursday, February 11, 2021
- Weak layer crystal type
- Surface hoar
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Wind exposure
- Cross-loaded slope
- Vegetation cover
- Sparse trees or gladed slope
Comments
We dug a test pit and noticed a couple questionable layers that Might have posed as a problem in more open steeper terrain.