Avalanche

Avalanche: No Name Bowl

Mark WhiteSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
6 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
91 m
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Slab Thickness
25 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
2926 m

Repeater - in terrain that avalanched 11/23/14

Decaying wind slab that cracked out and propagated in the top of No Name Bowl. Took out the new snow and the wind slab that was resting on the layer of facets from our dry spell before last weekends storm.

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