Avalanche

Avalanche: Electric Lake Bowl

Scott Paine/Brett Kobernik/Steve CoteSkyline
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Avalanche

Slab Width
107 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
122 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
76 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
2865 m

This avalanche most likely released naturally during the storm. There is little question that it broke into older buried facets. Snow profiles from around the area show the weak layers. There have been reports of collapsing from nearby. I was actually up near this area on the day it released and experienced a collapse. It's remotely possible (pretty unlikely) that I actually triggered this from a distance but I think I was a little too far away for this to be the case. - Kobernik