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Large avalanche in Cypress backside

Published
Mar 3rd, 2017 1:00 PM
Philipp Hinz
Details

Type

quick

Coordinates

49.411662, -123.195771

Quick Observation

There's a hard 5cm thick snow layer underneath 5-10cm of powder. Riding conditions not too great because of the heavy snow. Observed a massive size 2 slab avalanche with one partially buried person, unharmed. Not sure if self or over distance triggered. The top 20cm teared over a width of around 400m, below Mt Strachnan and slid trough the gully.