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- 9amstart
- Observations date
- Sunday, March 1, 2020 at 19:30
- Location
- 50.153025° N 123.279736° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-123.27973639782547,50.15302450483509,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Powder Mountain")
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Information
- Avalanche date/time
- Sunday, March 1, 2020 at 01:00
- Estimated occurrence time of avalanche
- From 12 to 24 hours ago
- Number of avalanches in this report
- 1
- The size of avalanche
- 3
- Slab thickness
- 40cm
- Slab width
- 100m
- Run length
- 800m
- Avalanche Character
- Wind slab
- Trigger type
- Natural
- Start zone aspect
- NE
- Start zone elevation band
- Alpine
- Start zone elevation
- 2,100m
- Start zone incline
- 40°
- Runout zone elevation
- 1,700m
- Weak layer crystal type
- Storm snow
- Crust near weak layer
- Yes
- Wind exposure
- Lee slope
- Vegetation cover
- Open slope
Comments
Large natural size 3 likely occurred overnight/early morning during heavy wind loading. Ran full path from convex roll just below peak to flat glacier, approx 800m runout. Several other <sz2 na seen on n and ne aspects in alpine terrain.