Avalanche

Avalanche: Days Headwall

KobernikSalt Lake
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Quick report

Slope Angle
37°

Avalanche

Slab Width
30 m
Weak Layer
New Snow
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
244 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
20 cm
Trigger Detail
Intentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
North
Start Zone Elevation
3109 m

My party intentionally triggered three different soft slabs along the Days Fork Headwall on Wednesday. Once initiated, they would propagate around terrain features producing fairly wide slides. One produced a sizable enough dust cloud to obscure full grown trees 800 feet below the ridge.