- Submitted by
- mark
- Observations date
- Monday, April 8, 2019 at 19:00
- Location
- 50.336261° N 122.182367° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Monday, April 8, 2019 at 12:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- From 12 to 24 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 2 to 5
- The size of avalanche
- 1.5
- Slab thickness
- 30cm
- Slab width
- 60m
- Run length
- 150m
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- NE
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 2,200m
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
NE faces were quite touchy. 30-40 cm of fresh on alpine lee slopes. Sitting on hard crust.