Avalanche

Avalanche: Ant Knolls

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Avalanche

Slab Width
9 m
Trigger Type
Skier
Slab Thickness
10 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Southeast
Start Zone Elevation
2987 m

Snow was soft and sticky which was expected given the warm spring conditions. We came down the southeast side of the bowl on Ant Knoll and triggered a couple of shallow wet slides. It was only a few inches deep but did spread out quite wide. The photo shows a combination of three slides.