- Submitted by
- staywildbackcountry
- Observations date
- Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 22:00
- Location
- 51.323270° N 117.119842° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-117.11984192887537,51.32326966978235,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "It’s heating up")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 15:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- Less than 12 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2
- Slab thickness
- 40cm
- Slab width
- 10m
- Run length
- 100m
- Avalanche Character
- Persistent slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Remote
- Remote trigger distance
- 20m
- Start zone aspect
- NW
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 2,100m
- Start zone incline
- 30°
- Weak layer burial date
- Monday, February 22, 2021
- Weak layer crystal type
- Facets
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
1st lap was great with no signs of instability and deep skiing. On our way up to the top for another lap we remote triggered 2 size 1 persistent slabs failing 40 down on facets. The sun had poked out a bit earlier in the day and was enough to make the top 10cm moist. We were on a west aspect that remote triggered a north facing slope. We observed cracking & whumphing at the time of the remote trigger as well as afterwards. We played it safe with a tight tree run down.
