- Submitted by
- Travis Frank Welsh
- Observations date
- Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 22:00
- Location
- 50.578537° N 123.069750° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-123.06975041486817,50.57853729795866,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Face mountain")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 14:00
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1.5
- Slab thickness
- 100cm
- Slab width
- 40m
- Run length
- 10m
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Snowmobile
- Trigger subtype
- Remote
- Remote trigger distance
- 10m
- Start zone aspect
- SW
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 1,900m
- Start zone incline
- 30°
- Runout zone elevation
- 1,900m
- Weak layer crystal type
- Facets
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Wind slab of variable depth from 20cm to 100cm with very wide propagation. Upside down layer. Variable loading from wind. Cross loading everywhere and reverse loading as well.
