Coal Creek
Avalancheinfo · Jan 30, 2018 · Flathead
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 700
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Avalanche Size
- 3
- Start Zone Aspect
- N
- Vegetation Cover
- sparseTrees
- Avalanche Character
- deepPersistentSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1915
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1225
- Avalanche Observation
- 12to24hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2018-01-30T09:00:00
Avalanche event occurred some time during the evening of Jan 29th. 100cm of new snow in Fernie over the past week, rapid warming and rain event over night. Mature timber in the debris. Last time we know of this path running to this magnitude was March 2014.