- Submitted by
- Michael Lawee
- Observations date
- Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at 16:00
- Location
- 51.181717° N 115.659700° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at 21:30
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- Less than 12 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1
- Avalanche Character
- Wet slab
- Trigger type
- Natural
- Start zone aspect
- E
- Start zone elevation band
- Below treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 1,600m
- Vegetation cover
- Sparse trees or gladed slope
Comments
On our hike out from Bear Spirit, we observed the aftermath a wet slab that ran over the approach trail. Foliage was scarce so i assume this slides occasionally. It ran to ground and the deposit was about a meter in depth where it crossed the trail. 9am temps at the car where around 2 degrees and were about the same when we returned around 3pm. It felt warmer in this area of the approach and we noted this on the way in (before the slide occurred). We also saw a small loose wet on the other side (west aspect) of the creek a few meters down stream. Keep your head up!

