Video Bowl

Avalanche

Zach Birnie · Nov 19, 2016 · Glacier

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Quick report

Weather
cold, sunny
Ride Type
denseTrees, openTrees
Stayed Away
alpineSlopes
Riding Quality
good
Snow Conditions
powder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow

Weather

Avg Temp
-7
Wind Speed
windSpeedCalm
Blowing Snow
none
Sky Condition
brokenClouds
Temperature Trend
steady
Precipitation Type
snow

Snowpack

Obs Type
summary
Site Aspect
SW
Test Fracture
sudden
Test Initiation
moderate
Site Elevation Band
alp
Surface Conditions
newSnow
Test Failure Layer Crystal Types
crust

Sudden Collapse @26cm depth on CTM 12 SP New Snow on Oct.28 rain crust.

Avalanche

Trigger Type
natural
Avalanche Size
2
Trigger Sub Type
accidental
Start Zone Aspect
SW
Avalanche Character
corniceWithSlab
Number Of Avalanches
1
Start Zone Elevation Band
alp
Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
2016-11-18T10:30:00

Witnessed a size 2 avalanche off the shoulder of video peak at 10:30 am runout zone was roughly 800m and occured due to a sun exposed cornice cornice that had fallen.