Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 35°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 46 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 183 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Trigger Detail
- Cornice Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3048 m
Was up in USA Bowl today and walked up to the ridge for a look into Scotts. Saw a smaller avalanche right off the peak yesterday, today a much larger slide in the main bowl was noted, looked to have happened some time this the morning, debris pile looked pretty fresh and was not yet blown in by the strong winds. It was hard to see through the blowing snow on the ridge but looked like a natural, triggered by a natural cornice drop, no one else was on the ridge line or for that matter anywhere in the area. The slide ran full track and quite a ways out onto the flats, nice sized debris pile at the bottom and in the trees mid slope. There were some bushes sticking out of the bed surface in the top, not sure if it went into old facets or not but there's a good chance it did. Photos, tough day for photos full on ground blizzard most of the time.
Debris in the trees at mid-slope
Debris pile at bottom running out onto the flats.