Avalanche

Avalanche: West Porter

Ashley PattersonSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Trigger Type
Natural
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Start Zone Aspect
North
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
1890 m

Encountered a decent sized natural avalanche on the way up West Porter today. The debris buried a small section of the skin track. The weather abruptly got much stormier with intense graupel. In doing a quick hand pit or two, we were unable to isolate a column so we didn't go to take a look at the crown to see where it started and the depth of the crown.