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Avalanche: No Name Bowl

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Quick report

Slope Angle
38°

Avalanche

Slab Width
11 m
Weak Layer
Density Change
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
91 m
Avalanche Type
Wet Loose
Slab Thickness
10 cm
Trigger Detail
Intentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2774 m

I ski cut just below the top of No Name Bowl today around noon and set off 3 shallow wet snow slides, one after the other. While they were only a few inches deep and moved slowly, they each picked up a very large mass of snow which would have easily knocked over a skier (see video). After watching the last of these slide to a stop I skied a slightly lower angle line to the North of the last slide, toward the center of the bowl, without incident. Although relatively benign looking, the it was clear this kind of slide could cause injury were it to come down on you while on the slope. Respect is in order.