Avalanche

Avalanche: Forks of the Huntington

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Avalanche

Slab Width
15 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
61 m
Avalanche Type
Wet Loose
Slab Thickness
25 cm
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2499 m

Minor wet avalanche activity in a few of the most usual paths that affect the highway. It's a little surprising that these actually ran given the very very shallow amount of snow cover here. There was a few inches of dry facets at the base of the snowpack before the warm up.