Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 38°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 91 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 107 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 61 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2743 m
We noticed a decent size avalanche in Egan Basin Just above and to the west of the Egan Basin Ranger Station. We didn't get to close to the avalanche, but from a distance it appeared to be around 300 feet wide and ran down into the tress 300 feet below. We are assuming it failed during the last storm since the fracture seemed fresh with little to no snow covering it up.
We chose to ride slopes less than 30 degrees all day. We did not have any shooting cracks or other signs of instability throughout the day. We noticed snowmobilers testing out steep slopes with no new avalanches that we could see.