Avalanche

Avalanche: Catherine's Pass

Johnston/FreySalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
5 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Vertical Fall
30 m
Avalanche Type
Dry Loose
Slab Thickness
15 cm
Avalanche Problem
New Snow

Two small slides (sloughs). Both about 15 feet wide running 100 feet. Graupel on rain crust. 6" depth. Initiated in < 30 degree slope. Above Albion chair lift traversing towards Catherine's pass. [Forecaster comment - the graupel from Sunday did not bond to the frozen snow surface from Saturday's rain event, and this small slide - as well as a few others from Sunday - had the characteristic of running on long distances in lower-angled terrain.]