Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 40°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 274 m
- Weak Layer
- Ground Interface
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 305 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 137 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Cornice Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3170 m
Yesterday, I spotted this large, well connected natural avalanche in Upper Weber Canyon. Occurring late Thursday night on a heavily wind loaded, east facing slope at 10,400', this piece of snow is nearly three football fields wide. Not particularly deep, averaging 4', yet lots of volume stacking up 10'-15' of debris on a bench-like terrain trap. This terrain is a bit of an outlier and has avalanched several times already this year, but shows us the avalanche dragon is very much alive on the eastern front.