Avalanche

Avalanche: Monitors

Mark WhiteSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
21 m
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
183 m
Avalanche Type
Wet Loose
Slab Thickness
20 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Southeast
Start Zone Elevation
2957 m

Very warm, clear skies no wind, nice day in the hills good skiing.

Point release wet slides initiated in the south east facing rocks in west monitor, entrained a good amount of snow. ran about 600ft . 10200 elevation Point releases started in the east, south east facing rocks and entrained snow on NE aspects no cracking or collapsing observed none

Settled medium density snow, all off aspects got wet. Zipper crust on NE centerpunch of west monitor by 3:00 PM right of the top. Would expect high north to be the call for tommorrow

No pockets of considerable observed. Snow pack lacked buried.. surface hoar