- Submitted by
- Olli
- Observations date
- Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at 18:00
- Location
- 50.084767° N 122.861052° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at 10:15
- 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
- 30cm
- Slab width
- 35m
- Run length
- 100m
- Avalanche Character
- Loose wet
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- S
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 2,350m
- Start zone incline
- 35°
- Wind exposure
- Reverse-loaded slope
Comments
Traversing to enter guides notch, complacent in a familiar environment, didn’t spot shallow terrain, combined with reverse loading took me for a ride.
