- Submitted by
- travis_johnson17
- Observations date
- Sunday, February 16, 2020 at 21:30
- Location
- 51.254450° N 116.847780° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-116.84778,51.25445,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Beaverfoot Range")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Sunday, February 16, 2020 at 14:30
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 3
- Run length
- 1,200m
- Avalanche Character
- Deep persistent slab
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Remote
- Remote trigger distance
- 30m
- Start zone aspect
- E
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 2,450m
- Start zone incline
- 40°
- Runout zone elevation
- 1,800m
- Weak layer crystal type
- Depth hoar
- Storm snow
- Crust near weak layer
- No
- Wind exposure
- Cross-loaded slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
A settlement from the ridge remote triggered Wind slab and it then stepped down to Basal Facets. Close photo of crown was from the Hangfire which released shortly after main slide.
