Lawine

Avalanche: Big Drift/Skyline Summit

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Avalanche

Slab Width
76 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Snowcat
Vertical Fall
91 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
91 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
2957 m

UDOT snowcat triggered while doing snow removal on State Road 31.

A second avalanche released sympathetically to the initial avalanche. You can see it in the photo below. It released mid-slope on the viewer's right side of the main avalanche.