- Submitted by
- eric
- Observations date
- Monday, December 12, 2016 at 04:47
- Location
- 59.724690° N 135.056690° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Sunday, December 11, 2016 at 13:00
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2.5
- Slab thickness
- 180cm
- Slab width
- 25m
- Run length
- 150m
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- SE
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 1,240m
- Wind exposure
- Down flow
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Was traversing above chute. Triggered slab avalanche 15 ft below. Multiple other fracture lines. No signs of instability up until that point. Chute was wind loaded from above, with winds coming down the mountain. Nice snow below avalanche toe
