- Submitted by
- reid
- Observations date
- Sunday, March 3, 2024 at 18:00
- Location
- 50.041332° N 122.883494° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-122.88349356226574,50.0413321360852,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Cowboy trees")
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Sunday, March 3, 2024 at 09:30
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- From 12 to 24 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 2 to 5
- The size of avalanche
- 2.5
- Slab thickness
- 100cm
- Slab width
- 200m
- Run length
- 200m
- Avalanche Character
- Storm slab
- Trigger type
- Natural
- Start zone aspect
- NW
- W
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 1,800m
- Start zone incline
- 30°
- Runout zone elevation
- 1,600m
- Weak layer burial date
- Friday, February 23, 2024
- Weak layer crystal type
- Facets
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Wind exposure
- No wind exposure
- Vegetation cover
- Sparse trees or gladed slope
Comments
Skiing the trees at the far North end of cowboy back down to singing pass. We can across this fresh large slab avalanche. There was only a few cm of fresh snow on the debris and crust. Appeared to be a natural earlier that day. Lots of cracks above the crown, and propagation into dense trees. Would have been nasty to be caught in this in the trees with 1m crown. We also saw lots of large slabs triggered by old skin tracks around singing creek. Be careful when looking for a crossing!
