Avalanche

Avalanche: Double Hill

Brackelsberg/ChesterUintas
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Quick report

Slope Angle
35°

Avalanche

Slab Width
46 m
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
61 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
30 cm
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
3109 m

We came upon this natural avalanche on Saturday morning. It appears to have been wind drifted new snow that ran naturally at the end of the Friday storm. Photo 1 was our view of the avalanche on Saturday morning and photo 2 were the tracks on the debris and bed surface and adjacent to it by 1PM.