Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 38 m
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 381 m
- Avalanche Type
- Wet Slab
- Start Zone Aspect
- Southeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Wet Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2804 m
We observed this avalanche that most likely occurred within the last few days. This was a natural avalanche that appeared to have started as wet-loose rollerballs and stepped down to create a wet slab avalanche on a southeast facing aspect of the gully. The slide was approximately. 100-150' wide and ran 1200' vertical. Probing in the bed surface there was still 170-190cm of snow left below the debris. This wet slab avalanche gouged out a significant chunk of the upper level snowpack and pulled to the ground in steep cliffy areas. It did not run full path and started approximately halfway down the slide path.
Photo of the crown
Photo of the toe
Photo of the debris pile
Photo looking down the debris