Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 30 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3261 m
Viewed this natural avalanche (SS-R1-D2-N) from a LONG distance so details are speculation. However, I know that there was preexisting snow on this slope prior to the storm. No doubt, it tilts enough to the north to harbor faceted sugar snow. I did not view very much natural avalanche activity from during the Thanksgiving storms. This was just a hint of how the old weak sugar snow near the ground might react once we start loading more snow on top of it. Time will tell.