Lawine

Avalanche: Ant Knolls

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Avalanche

Slab Width
30 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Snowmobiler
Vertical Fall
12 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
25 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
2560 m

Unsure exactly when this occured. Likely triggered by someone riding along the road. Seemed only a few days old at most.

EVERY other steep slope had collapsed and had cracks. See photo below of one example.