Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 152 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 244 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 183 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2804 m
Photo below: Snowmachine parked on the Joe's Valley road looking down the debris onto the reservoir.
Photo below: Looking up the debris. I wanted to go look at the fracture line so I tried to climb up the debris thinking it would be set up enough to provide good support of my machine. Wrong. I got up a short distance and churned into the loose sugar that was below the debris.