Avalanche

Avalanche: Murdock Peak

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Quick report

Slope Angle
40°

Avalanche

Slab Width
76 m
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
183 m
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Slab Thickness
61 cm
Start Zone Aspect
North
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
2926 m

Impressive natural (?) avalanche on Murdock maybe ran overnight. Snow still blowing off the top visible from a long distance. Looked like it may have propagated to Todds Bowl.

Debris ran quite far but were somewhat obscured by new snow from overnight. You could tell where the debris ended because the snow was far more supportable and there were a few tree parts visible.

Crown appeared to have maybe started as a wind slab, then stepped down to deeper layers. Hard to tell depth of avalanche due to large cornices at top of slope.

Aspen pushed over with a little bit of a pine tree in the branches.