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Avalanche: Reynolds Peak

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Avalanche

Slab Width
18 m
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
183 m
Avalanche Type
Wet Loose
Start Zone Aspect
Southeast
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2865 m

Watched this loose wet movement happen naturally at 12:00 pm on far skiers left side of Reynold East Face. Started with a tiny (softball size) break-off, but picked up a decent amount of wet snow along the way, running about 600' or so. Walked over the look at it and it didn't have much depth/height to it (see side profile picture).

It was very warm out there today and the sun made it hot, even with the wind. Just before this happened, we made a comment about how nice and untouched that face looked.