Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 45°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 30 m
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 61 m
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3139 m
A large segment of rock pealed off the very steep face found on the Wolverine cirque which then roared down the slope. It entrained the remaining snow from our meager snowpack as it did so. I observed the slide from the slopes of Mount Tuscarora and caught the last portion of it on video. The chutes on Wolverine are skied occasionally and this could have been a potentially very bad outcome to anyone caught in the relatively small but powerful and aggressive rock/snow slide.
The rock fall and avalanche weren't anticipated and thus I caught only the latter portion of it on video. However, please understand that it was quite thunderous as the rocks seemed to simply calve (blast) from the face of the cirque and then roar down the mountain. Impressive!