Copper Lake Size 3 involvement
Quick reportscott.hicks · Mar 3, 2024 · North Columbia
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy
- Snow Conditions
- powder, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow
SAR response to Lumberton riding area afternoon March 3.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 350
- Slab Width
- 500
- Trigger Type
- snowmobile
- Avalanche Size
- 3
- Slab Thickness
- 100
- Trigger Sub Type
- accidental
- Start Zone Aspect
- S
- Avalanche Character
- windSlab
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1940
- Runout Zone Elevation
- 1651
- Avalanche Observation
- 12hrsAgo
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- btl, tln
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2024-03-03T22:00:00.000Z
Crown height average 100 cm. Suspect early Feb crust/facet interface is the culprit. Lots of recent loading and winds. A sympathetic release occurred 150m to the east of this slide, with the crown fracture propagating along the same elevation contour.
Incident
- Terrain Trap
- trees
- Group Activity
- snowmobiling
- Number Injured
- 0
- Number Involved
- 0
- Snow Depth Trigger Point
- average
- Terrain Shape Trigger Point
- concave
- Number Partly Buried Able Breathing
- 0
- Number Partly Buried Impaired Breathing
- 0
Airbag deployed. Trees were involved during slide causing serious lower body injuries.