- Submitted by
- snow.safety
- Observations date
- Friday, January 17, 2020 at 19:00
- Location
- 51.723280° N 116.465370° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Friday, January 17, 2020
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- From 12 to 24 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2
- Slab width
- 200m
- Run length
- 450m
- Avalanche Character
- Persistent slab
- Trigger type
- Natural
- Start zone aspect
- W
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
Comments
10-15cm of snow in 24hrs at Bow Summit during a warming period (-25 to -8). Avalanche initiated out of the steep rocky terrain and pulled a persistent slab on the open slope below.
