Valanga

Avalanche: Soapstone

Ian St. John Jeremy HarveyUintas
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Quick report

Slope Angle
38°

Avalanche

Slab Width
46 m
Weak Layer
New Snow
Trigger Type
Snowmobiler
Vertical Fall
46 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
46 cm
Trigger Detail
Remotely Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
North
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2926 m

Natural slides observed as well. Dug a snow pit and found a weak layer at 12-16 inches deep. The fracture from the slide that we remotely triggered supports the evidence found in our snow pit. I estimated that the fracture depth varied from 12 to 18 inches. Extremely windy.