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Point release avalanche observed

Published
Mar 13th, 2019 2:40 PM
jthurstonmail
Duffey
Details

Type

quick

Coordinates

50.339266, -122.466953

Quick Observation

Did a day snowshoe up to Joffre in some beautiful weather. By chance, at the third lake we saw an avalanche cloud just below the Matier Glacier. After it settled we got a decent view of the runout path. A piece of the very bottom of the glacier carved off and caused a point release avalanche. It was far in the distance so I guess it ran at least ~60m and was ~30m wide at it widest part. Aspect was NW facing and presumably caused by solar radiation.

Snowpack

We received 28cm new snow from March 11th-12th