- Submitted by
- Kootenay Backcountry Guides
- Observations date
- Monday, February 3, 2020
- Location
- 49.434645° N 117.123768° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Sunday, February 2, 2020 at 11:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- From 12 to 24 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 6 to 10
- Avalanche Character
- Persistent slab
- Storm slab
- Trigger type
- Natural
- Start zone aspect
- E
- N
- NE
- NW
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Treeline
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
There was a widespread Avalanche cycle in the Whitewater Backcountry on February 1st. One large Avalanche run to ground off of Ymir Peak (size 3) ran to valley bottom. Most other avalanches were in the size 2 to 2.5 range and many of them started directly under steep Cliff bands.
