- Submitted by
- Simon Thomson
- Observations date
- Sunday, January 15, 2023
- Location
- 50.075590° N 122.870350° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-122.87035,50.07559,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Na Deep slab Disease Ridge")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Friday, January 13, 2023 at 08:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- From 12 to 24 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2.5
- Slab thickness
- 150cm
- Slab width
- 30m
- Avalanche Character
- Deep persistent slab
- Trigger type
- Natural
- Start zone aspect
- N
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 2,200m
- Weak layer crystal type
- Depth hoar
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
Comments
The early season PWL is alive and active. Looked like this might have been triggered by a smaller surface slab on lookers left which triggered it thin to thick. No other deep slabs observed in the area, this was isolated but nice reminder that it is still around.
