- Submitted by
- isadler1010
- Observations date
- Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 18:00
- Location
- 51.359688° N 117.221991° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-117.22199147960816,51.35968802982987,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Lang snowmobile area")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 11:00
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1
- Slab thickness
- 30cm
- Slab width
- 50m
- Run length
- 20m
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Snowmobile
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Remote trigger distance
- 1m
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 2,100m
- Start zone incline
- 50°
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Snowmobile cut across top of slope and slab released below.
Later in day we observed another slope that had similar avalanche on similar slope.
