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Avalanche: West Monitor

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Quick report

Slope Angle
36°

Avalanche

Slab Width
9 m
Weak Layer
New Snow
Vertical Fall
213 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
30 cm
Trigger Detail
Cornice Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
3078 m

Saw this cornice triggered soft slab from a distance, not sure if some one dropped a cornice or if it calved off naturally. Looks to have been triggered this morning. Nothing really unusual, shallow wind slab sitting on the lee side of the ridge triggered by a cornice drop, petered out before it hit the flats, new snow only, crown was about a foot at the deepest, averaged around six inches. Photos, crown and whole deal