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Avalanche: Mt Aire

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Avalanche

Slab Width
76 m
Weak Layer
New Snow
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
53 m
Slab Thickness
13 cm
Start Zone Aspect
North
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2469 m

Skinned up to Mt Aire this AM. Found the new snow was reactive as we remotely set of a small wind pillow thirty feet off the ridge. It was maybe 10 feet wide and four inches deep and ran ten feet. Looking north on Mt Aire we saw evidence of natural activity and inched our way down setting off a ten foot wide section that ran maybe 100 feet. Not a lot of energy as it Looked more like stuffing, but had an obvious crown Lower down we came upon a natural slide that had a 4 to 6 inch crown 200 to 300 wide wrapping corners and ridges that had run into the flats. The bed surface had about an inch of new snow on it. None of it seemed like it had much energy or weight behind it.