Avalanche

Avalanche: East Mineral

KSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
21 m
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
122 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
91 cm
Start Zone Aspect
North
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
2713 m

I think I saw this avalanche already posted in mineral, but got a few better photos of it. There was a skinner going up the ridge, so it's possible this was remotely triggered.

A bit hard to tell with all the trees in the way of the photo, but the crown went quite far down following the ridge. The slide likely propagated ~400ft vertical (based this off a topo map where I noticed the debris pile at the bottom).