- Submitted by
- powderkeg
- Observations date
- Sunday, December 6, 2020
- Location
- 51.364385° N 118.188448° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Saturday, December 5, 2020 at 13:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- From 12 to 24 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1
- Slab thickness
- 60cm
- Slab width
- 30m
- Run length
- 100m
- Avalanche Character
- Persistent slab
- Trigger type
- Snowmobile
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- N
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 1,800m
- Start zone incline
- 65°
- Runout zone elevation
- 1,600m
- Weak layer crystal type
- Facets
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Slide was in caribou zone back side on north facing slope. Very slow moving when it cracked. The sled rode down behind it
