- Submitted by
- Parks Canada Visitor Safety
- Observations date
- Saturday, March 15, 2025
- Location
- 51.307430° N 116.119850° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-116.11985,51.30743,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Large propagation")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 24:26
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- From 12 to 24 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 3.5
- Slab thickness
- 100cm
- Slab width
- 2,400m
- Avalanche Character
- Deep persistent slab
- Persistent slab
- Start zone aspect
- NE
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Weak layer crystal type
- Depth hoar
- Facets
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Observed on a rescue flight, huge propagation - 2.4 km!. Likely initiated on the persistent weak layer (Jan 30 or Feb 22) and stepped down to the deep persistent layer at the ground in some places
