- Submitted by
- Nigel Briggs
- Observations date
- Sunday, November 10, 2019 at 15:30
- Location
- 51.408225° N 116.444425° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Sunday, November 10, 2019 at 08:30
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- More than 48 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 1
- Avalanche Character
- Loose dry
- Trigger type
- Natural
- Start zone aspect
- NW
- W
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 2,000m
- Runout zone elevation
- 1,400m
- Wind exposure
- Windward slope
Comments
Extreme winds in field for the morning (Sunday 10th nov) witnessed what seemed to be a wind triggered point release from the highway under Stephens. Although maybe a size 1 avalanche it seemed quite powerful while ripping down the face almost to train tracks beside the train tunnel.
