- Submitted by
- Calvin McLaren
- Observations date
- Sunday, February 17, 2019 at 19:00
- Location
- 49.541283° N 116.257549° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-116.25754898018795,49.541283037770455,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Hellroaring Creek")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Sunday, February 17, 2019 at 11:00
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1.5
- Slab thickness
- 45cm
- Slab width
- 30m
- Run length
- 50m
- Avalanche Character
- Persistent slab
- Trigger type
- Snowmobile
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- SE
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 1,700m
- Weak layer crystal type
- Storm snow
- Vegetation cover
- Sparse trees or gladed slope
Comments
Riding down a trail that went across an avalanche path. First rider crossed the path which triggered an avalanche on a precinct weak layer and the second rider started going across the path when it slid causing the snowmobile to get caught in the debris.
