- Submitted by
- climbinglogger
- Observations date
- Friday, December 14, 2018 at 19:11
- Location
- 50.800640° N 115.360330° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Friday, December 14, 2018 at 12:13
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2
- Slab thickness
- 120cm
- Slab width
- 40m
- Run length
- 250m
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Remote
- Remote trigger distance
- 90m
- Start zone aspect
- N
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 2,270m
- Start zone incline
- 40°
- Runout zone elevation
- 2,100m
- Weak layer burial date
- Wednesday, December 12, 2018
- Weak layer crystal type
- Facets
- Surface hoar
- Crust near weak layer
- No
- Wind exposure
- Cross-loaded slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Spooky and unexpected remote trigger well above skiers. Storm snow was barely stiff enough to be considered soft slab yet it initiated a size 2, 90 m away.