Avalanche

Avalanche: Ant Knolls

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Avalanche

Slab Width
15 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Natural
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
20 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2743 m

Saw these two natural storm slabs, one East facing 9k' looks like it was the depth of this storm's snow, the other wasn't as deep and was on a NNE aspect and somewhat sheltered. Neither slide stepped down to any deeper layers from what I could see. Slope angle estimated around 35-40 degrees.