- Submitted by
- walsip
- Observations date
- Saturday, January 12, 2019 at 21:30
- Location
- 49.444412° N 114.615469° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Hard
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cold
- Sunny
Comments
Our group was not involved. Multiple snowmobiles highmarking simultaneously. Avalanche triggered by highmarking snowmobile. Snowmobile was swept away in slide and had damaged steering, rider slid down on bare rock above the slide. No injuries. South facing wind loaded slope at tree line. Failure occurred at ground level.
