- Submitted by
- larsen.p.joshua
- Observations date
- Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 18:39
- Location
- 50.937270° N 115.288010° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 13:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- More than 48 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1.5
- Slab thickness
- 70cm
- Slab width
- 60m
- Run length
- 30m
- Avalanche Character
- Deep persistent slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- W
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 2,100m
- Weak layer crystal type
- Surface hoar and facets
- Wind exposure
- Cross-loaded slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Slab avalanche was triggered while traversing in front of Reads Tower on the way to Mt Sparrow Hawk.
