- Submitted by
- greghemingway
- Observations date
- Friday, February 15, 2019 at 22:00
- Location
- 49.181080° N 117.898270° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-117.89827,49.18108,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Lepsoe Basin small avalanche")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Friday, February 15, 2019 at 14:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- Less than 12 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1
- Slab width
- 8m
- Run length
- 10m
- Avalanche Character
- Storm slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- W
- Start zone elevation band
- Below treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 2,000m
- Start zone incline
- 30°
- Crust near weak layer
- No
- Wind exposure
- No wind exposure
- Vegetation cover
- Sparse trees or gladed slope
Comments
It was our second day in the same zone, riding in relatively well supported slopes. Triggered a small slide on a clear patch of forest. Carried one of our party into a tree and partially buried. Did not propagate down the rest of the slope. It was warmer than the previous day and it seemed like the storm snow had formed a more cohesive slab which was prone to triggering.
