Avalanche

Avalanche: Diving Board

Pete KSalt Lake
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Quick report

Slope Angle
33°

Avalanche

Slab Width
91 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
381 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
91 cm
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2987 m

Strong northwest winds have cross loaded the upper elevations of Bonkers and Twin Peaks. Windslabs breaking above the Diving Board sent snow down one of the gullies which caused the entire upper portion of the run to pull out. Slab broke on the new/old snow layer. The old layer was hard and smooth, no graupel was seen, but could have been carried down in the slide. Slide ran full track and entrained much of the snow from the past storm. Additional windslab pullout occurred skiers right in Bonkers but only ran 200 ft. No cracking or collapsing was observed during the break up Bonkers, but I stopped well short of the saddle because of the increasing slope angle and how the top portion was wind affected. Cold temps killed my camera, no photos this time.