- Submitted by
- Matt.Bruemmer
- Observations date
- Sunday, February 11, 2018 at 24:10
- Location
- 50.335590° N 122.433090° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-122.43309,50.33559,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Anniversary Glacier")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Saturday, February 10, 2018 at 16:12
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- Less than 12 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 2
- Slab thickness
- 20cm
- Slab width
- 20m
- Run length
- 200m
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Accidental
- Start zone aspect
- NE
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 2,000m
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Skier triggered size 2 on skiers right side of anniversary glacier about 2/3 of the way down. Slight convex roll and bowl feature. Heavy winds all day resulted in thin wind slab development.