- Submitted by
- jonas.hoke
- Observations date
- Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at 19:00
- Location
- 52.188210° N 117.128320° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at 14:30
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 2 to 5
- The size of avalanche
- 2
- Run length
- 100m
- Avalanche Character
- Persistent slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Remote
- Start zone aspect
- NE
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Start zone incline
- 40°
- Weak layer burial date
- Tuesday, October 31, 2017
- Weak layer crystal type
- Facets
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
3 avalanches where simultaneously remotely triggered by our group as we approached the first avalanche terrain of our field trip. The nearest was approximately 30m from us, the furthest was approximately 150m.
