Avalanche

Avalanche: Chicken Hill

Sara and AlexLogan
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Avalanche

Slab Width
30 m
Trigger Type
Natural
Slab Thickness
61 cm
Start Zone Aspect
East
Start Zone Elevation
2591 m

We saw 5 distinct slides off of the ridge that runs south from Chicken Hill on the morning of Feb 17. The largest is marked in the map and was ~2' deep at the main crown, and it stepped down another foot or so about 50' below the main crown. The two southernmost slides looked like they may have been triggered by cornice falls. The three northernmost slides appeared to have been triggered naturally by wind loading near the ridgeline.