Avalanche

Avalanche: Days Headwall

MeisenheimerSalt Lake
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Quick report

Slope Angle
37°

Avalanche

Slab Width
46 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Snowboarder
Vertical Fall
152 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
51 cm
Trigger Detail
Remotely Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
North
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
3048 m

Pretty much the entire Day's Fork headwall avalanched at some point during the storm. Most of it was filled back in, but you could see the debris from the avalanches at bottom. This avalanche was remotely triggered as I walked to West Bowl from the top of Flagstaff. It ran to the flats.