Avalanche

Avalanche: Stairs Gulch

CantwellSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
274 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
1143 m
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Slab Thickness
91 cm
Start Zone Aspect
North
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
2987 m

Observed from the ridge of Bonkers looking into Stairs, so limited ability to evaluate. Appeared to be a natural likely occurring during the storm on 3/6. The crown was on the northeast facing rock slab on the upper section of stairs gulch and propagated across. Difficult to tell how wide, and could not see how far it ran.