Avalanche

Avalanche: Cougar Peak

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Quick report

Slope Angle
35°

Avalanche

Slab Width
11 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
61 m
Avalanche Type
Wet Loose
Slab Thickness
20 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2316 m

Lots of wet loose sluff at lower elevations in Cherry Creek. On a traverse across a steep slope some sluff picked up speed and ran around 200 vertical feet.