Valanga

Avalanche: Wilson Fork

Hardesty and FitzgeraldSalt Lake
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Quick report

Slope Angle
20°

Avalanche

Slab Width
9 m
Weak Layer
Surface Hoar
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
76 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
15 cm
Trigger Detail
Intentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
North
Start Zone Elevation
2774 m

Classic surface hoar activity. Structure showed it's hand early on with easy tilt tests and localized collapsing. Note below how the avalanche not only released beneath the ridgeline but pulled the rug out up and above the windroll there on a 20 degree 'slope'. No sympathetic releases noted. Other minor remote releases, cracking in both the fracture line and stauchwall on slopes that did not release.