Incident

Avalanche: Silver Fork Headwall

Dave ESalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
46 m
Trigger Type
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
46 cm
Start Zone Aspect
North
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
3048 m

Went to poke the bear that is the repeater slide on Silver headwall. Wanted to see if it had settled out before this next bigger snow event happened. It hasn't. Repeaters repeat. What surprised me about this one was that is looked like it stepped down and that turned a relatively minor layer into a lot more snow than I was expecting. The whole headwall will be littered with this set up. Perhaps after this next round of snow other areas like Days draw and the monitors will reactivate deeper than expected also.

Incident

Number Carried
1