Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 35°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 38 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Snowmobiler
- Vertical Fall
- 122 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 122 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3078 m
Noticed this avalanche from the highway as the morning sun lit up the slope. Not sure on some of the details, but visiting with two different groups who were riding in the area yesterday, they both mentioned they did not notice the slope had avalanched during the afternoon. I'm guessing it may have happened late in the afternoon and it sure looks to be sled triggered with tracks going into the slide from both the top and from the side. The avalanche failed on the November weak sugary snow and is 2-4' deep. Interesting that in some places the avalanche broke down at the ground level exposing rocks and bushes. This slope fits the characteristic of other avalanches in the surrounding area. It is wind loaded and on the north side of the compass.
Grabbed this photo of some new snow sluffing on a nearby slope.