- Submitted by
- robertmarkwall
- Observations date
- Saturday, February 11, 2023, 22:00
- Location
- 51.387550° N 117.349270° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-117.34927,51.38755,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Skier remote size 3")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Saturday, February 11, 2023, 19:30
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- Less than 12 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 3
- Slab width
- 380m
- Run length
- 800m
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Skier
- Trigger subtype
- Remote
- Start zone aspect
- NW
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 2,300m
- Start zone incline
- 35°
- Runout zone elevation
- 1,900m
- Weak layer burial date
- Sunday, January 22, 2023
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Golden Search and Rescue received a call for a sz 3 avalanche with a snowmobile nearby and no rider visible. Avalanche looks like 2 connected avalanches. The upper slide was 380m wide and 400m long, the crown was 40-80cm deep, the toe of this avalanche reached just past a bench where it initiated another slab, which was 150m wide and the same crown depth this ran a further 400m down the drainage. Debris was searched and no people were found to be involved.
