Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 39°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 8 m
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 30 m
- Avalanche Type
- Wet Loose
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1890 m
Avery spotted a wet avalanche that likely occurred yesterday (2/11/02) along Providence Canyon road. Visibility was poor so it's difficult to say how far it slid, but judging by the debris pile and slope characteristics I'm guessing about a hundred feet or so. We noticed a number of snowmobile tracks on similar slopes and aspects and I'm guessing that, though this slide wouldn't bury you, it would defiantly be enough to knock an unaware rider off a sled.
Look up at the starting zone...
Another picture of the debris pile...