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Incident Details

Date
2012-03-14
Location
The Fingers
Location Description
Province
BC
Mountain Range
Monashee Mtn Range
Coordinates
0 0
Elevation
1600m
Activity
Out-of-bounds Skiing
Involvement
-
Injury
0
Fatality
0
Description
Standing at top of 4th Finger, by last largest tree. Ready to ski down. Had discussed possible trickle down from large cliff above. Na sz. 1 came down from above. 1 in party washed downhill 20m, lost pole. Other skier skied out of way of slide. No slab was triggered on slope. Elevation 1600m.
Date/time Size Type Trigger Elevation Aspect Slab width Slab thickness
2012-03-14 14:00 1 L N 1600 ne 30m -
Present Temp Max Temp Min Temp 24hr Trend Wind Speed Wind Direction Sky Condition Precipitation Type & Intensity
- - - U L NW OVC Light Snow
Weather comment
Comfortable temps. just below freezing.
Snowpack 24hr Snow Storm Snow Storm Date
- - - -
Snowpack comment
Soft 20cm HST, no whumphing or cracking observed. Some snowballing from high in cliff face.
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