Avalanche

Avalanche: Dog Lake area

Grant PotterSalt Lake
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Quick report

Slope Angle
40°

Avalanche

Slab Width
2 m
Weak Layer
New Snow
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
30 m
Avalanche Type
Wet Loose
Slab Thickness
10 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Start Zone Elevation
3048 m

Wet snow sloughed off a turn and carried down quite a bit. No one was injured but it was enough snow to cause some damage had anyone been underneath. You can see it on the left. It started from kind of behind the tree.