Avalanche

Avalanche: Beaver Creek Canyon

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Avalanche

Slab Width
15 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Vertical Fall
27 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
46 cm
Start Zone Aspect
West
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
2073 m

The snow blower triggered this one....It stepped down into snow older than the last time the snow blower came through. Apparently, the giant UDOT snow blower can test slope stability pretty well.