- Submitted by
- mackleconor
- Observations date
- Saturday, April 23, 2022 at 23:04
- Location
- 50.112222° N 122.851389° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Saturday, April 23, 2022 at 23:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- From 24 to 48 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1.5
- Slab thickness
- 15cm
- Slab width
- 25m
- Run length
- 40m
- Avalanche Character
- Wet slab
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Remote trigger distance
- 0m
- Start zone aspect
- N
- Start zone elevation band
- Treeline
- Start zone elevation
- 1,900m
- Start zone incline
- 34°
- Runout zone elevation
- 1,875m
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Wet slab - size 1.5 - triggered late in the day (4pm) on low angle north aspect on a convex roll. 1 skier caught, no burial.
