- Submitted by
- lisa.paulson
- Observations date
- Friday, December 9, 2016 at 00:42
- Location
- 51.744110° N 116.487830° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 11:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- From 24 to 48 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2
- Slab thickness
- 50cm
- Slab width
- 30m
- Run length
- 198m
- Avalanche Character
- Deep persistent slab
- Trigger type
- Natural
- Start zone aspect
- S
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 2,650m
- Start zone incline
- 45°
- Runout zone elevation
- 2,450m
- Weak layer burial date
- Saturday, November 12, 2016
- Weak layer crystal type
- Facets
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Wind exposure
- Cross-loaded slope
Comments
Initiated below cliffs as a 10 m slab which propagated to a 30 m wide slab. Ran on the November crust.