- Submitted by
- Matt Marshall
- Observations date
- Sunday, April 22, 2018 at 20:00
- Location
- 51.540530° N 116.596350° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Sunday, April 22, 2018 at 14:00
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 2 to 5
- The size of avalanche
- 1.5
- Slab thickness
- 20cm
- Run length
- 40m
- Avalanche Character
- Storm slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- NE
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 2,950m
- Start zone incline
- 35°
- Runout zone elevation
- 2,910m
- Weak layer crystal type
- Storm snow
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
First skier triggered lookers left slab on convex roll, second skier cut above and across triggering second avalanche. Both skiers skied out.
