- Submitted by
- Sylvain Hebert
- Observations date
- Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 20:00
- Location
- 50.885200° N 118.365140° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 12:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- From 24 to 48 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2.5
- Avalanche Character
- Persistent slab
- Trigger type
- Natural
- Start zone aspect
- E
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 2,400m
Comments
Natural deep slab observed today just below the summit of Mt MacPherson on East facing slope below the cornice. Size 2.5 viewed from far away, might be a 3... Notable because of the depth of the fracture, indicating a failure at the deeper persistent layers. Obviously wind loaded from the last storm but a reminder that deep persistent layers are still lurking...