Avalanche

Avalanche: West Monitor

Hardesty and FeduschakSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
30 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
46 cm
Trigger Detail
Remotely Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
North
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
2987 m

Remotely triggered 100' away while on the uptrack. This initial slide then sympathetic'd another similar slide into old snow perhaps 150' away below the steep rollover mid-slope.

photo by Michael Dawson