Lawine

Avalanche: South Fork North Creek

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Avalanche

Slab Width
244 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
152 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
91 cm
Start Zone Aspect
North
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
3048 m

Lots of speculation here. There are two distinct avalanches. Each one measures around 800 feet wide. One is more north facing, one tilts more northwest. They appear to have different depths. This might indicate that they released at different times. Perhaps the one in the left of the photo released on the 17th after the big storm and the one on the right released on the 21st during the strong wind event.