Avalanche in highway bowl
Avalanchejosephina.cooperman · Mar 20, 2022 · Central Selkirk
Quick report
- Weather
- sunny, cloudy
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder
Weather
- Sky Condition
- fewClouds
- Temperature Trend
- rising
- Precipitation Type
- none
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 500
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Avalanche Size
- 2
- Start Zone Aspect
- NW
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2022-03-20T11:25:00
A size 2 avalanche ran down highway bowl, it was observed by many skiers in the slack country but no one was caught. We were too far away from the trigger point to know what caused it, but we assumed it was likely a natural avalanche caused by a cornice failure at the ridge line. We noticed a fracture line both at the trigger point and then a second lower down.