Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 46 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 46 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- West
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2438 m
We spotted several wet slab avalanches during the brief period of sunshine shinning on the front range this evening. We got a good look at the east face of the front range (north of North Logan). We noticed several moderate sized avalanches in Smithfield Dry canyon on west facing slopes. It appeared that roller balls had affected the whole area, then the slab avalanches had occurred after the roller balls. Maybe the slab was triggered by the roller balls!? I was not able to get any better pictures from 10 miles away.
We looked across the range and noticed many roller balls and wet sluffs everywhere but these were the only two slab avalanches we observed. We saw ski tracks further north on similar and more southerly aspects and elevations with no slab avalanches initiated.