- Submitted by
- ryker.lainchbury
- Observations date
- Sunday, January 12, 2020 at 17:31
- Location
- 49.049106° N 117.031829° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Sunday, January 12, 2020 at 09:30
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1
- Slab thickness
- 40cm
- Slab width
- 10m
- Run length
- 50m
- Avalanche Character
- Storm slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- S
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Wind exposure
- Windward slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Running a small chute on the south aspect of baldy rocks. Ski cut on the convex on either side of chute entry, no result. Set up two of the party in a sentry position overlooking both sides of chute. First rider dropped and caused a small slide of the storm slab on a wind slab. Propagation was slow and the skier was able to exit before the sluff had a chance to reach them. Crown width was approximately the width of the chute.
