Avalanche

Avalanche: Long John Silver

Jackson BoydSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Weak Layer
New Snow
Trigger Type
Natural
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Start Zone Aspect
Southwest
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
3261 m

We noticed this in the morning on saturday 1/21. There was a lot of wind being deposited on that slope as we were skinning up white pine (photographed), then saw the avalanche after we had passed the area. Think it ran during this period of high winds.