- Submitted by
- Laurent G. Saulnier
- Observations date
- Friday, January 11, 2019 at 22:00
- Location
- 50.945070° N 118.071640° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-118.07164,50.94507,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Avalanche in Kokanee Bowl.")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Friday, January 11, 2019 at 14:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- Less than 12 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1.5
- Slab thickness
- 10cm
- Slab width
- 50m
- Run length
- 120m
- Avalanche Character
- Storm slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Intentional
- Start zone aspect
- NW
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Several Size 1 observed in highway bowl and on Montana ridge on NW, N and NE aspects. Skier in our group triggered a 1.5 when doing a ski cut at the top of a wind loaded slope from the southwestern ridge of Kokanee bowl (NW aspect). Skier managed to get out to the side of the slide and avoid going down. One snowboarder went down a less wind loaded area on the same ridge without triggering. Several skiers were seen skiing the middle of the bowl (E-SE aspect) without triggering. It appears the storm slab has not yet settled and is still sensitive on lee aspects.
