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Auf der Karte ansehenAvalanche: Beaver Mountain Backside
Mike Carlisle............ Updated by Weed visit on 2-16-2014Logan
Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 38°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 122 m
- Weak Layer
- Depth Hoar
- Vertical Fall
- 61 m
- Avalanche Type
- Wet Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 76 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2134 m
These slides were not there on the way up to Beaver Mt to patrol this morning. Saw them on the way home about 5 PM. Also observed an avalanche off one of the hight peaks above wood camp but it was too dark for photo.
I had a look at the avalanche (s) on 2-16-2014 and added the video observation and some more photos to the report. I'm not certain that this was a natural or not, as I observed relatively fresh snow board and foot tracks in the area. The avalanche failed on faceted snow or depth hoar in the basal layers of the snowpack. Not exactly a wet slab, more moist, but the lower elevation snow was recently saturated by rain and temperatures were quite warm.