- Submitted by
- lee.britton
- Observations date
- Monday, January 3, 2022 at 23:15
- Location
- 49.378181° N 122.944504° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-122.94450393417506,49.37818079234111,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Small size 2 triggered by purposefully breaking a cornice")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Mellow slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cold
- Foggy
- Stormy
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
Comments
We triggered a big size 1, or possibly a small size 2, slab avalanche (on purpose) on a small isolated slope by breaking a cornice. The cornice broke easily with only one firm jump. The block that broke from the cornice was about 2 m long and .7 m tall. The Avalanche ran out 40-50 m and laterally propagated about 60 m and ran out into a small plateau. The Crown was approximately 0.5 m thick. The slope varied between ~32 to 42°.
