Avalanche

Avalanche: Picture Window

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Avalanche

Slab Width
76 m
Weak Layer
Wet grains
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
137 m
Avalanche Type
Wet Slab
Slab Thickness
91 cm
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2682 m

I could see a good-sized slab avalanche in the Picture Window from the highway as we passed through Wellsvilles. It may have been triggered by heat shock due to rapid warming yesterday or this morning, but the occurrence timing is unknown.

I took the photos on Wednesday morning, March 26... There were also a few new long-running natural avalanches; the third photo is of Mendon Peak from the east.