Valanga

Avalanche: Box Elder

Meisenheimer / RoxburyProvo
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Avalanche

Slab Width
305 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
244 m
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Slab Thickness
122 cm
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
3109 m

Observed this avalanche in our travels today. It looks like a pretty large avalanche, and it ran downhill into the flats for roughly 1000' vertical. It looks like the upper avalanches failed and then likely triggered the third avalanche under the cliff band (of course this is speculation).

The picture was taken from a distance.